Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Enlightenment and Scotland -- 2 Sociality and the Critique of Individualism -- 3 Science, Explanation and History -- 4 Social Diversity -- 5 Social History -- 6 Commercial Society -- 7 Social Values -- 8 Reading the Scottish Enlightenment -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers a clear interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these thinkers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-220) and index
