The pragmatic enlightenment: recovering the liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire

This is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen calls attention to the particular strand of the Enlightenment these thinkers represent, which he terms the 'p...

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1. Verfasser: Rasmussen, Dennis Carl 1978- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:This is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen calls attention to the particular strand of the Enlightenment these thinkers represent, which he terms the 'pragmatic Enlightenment'. He defends this strand of Enlightenment thought against both the Enlightenment's critics and some of the more idealistic Enlightenment figures who tend to have more followers today, such as John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Jeremy Bentham. Professor Rasmussen argues that Hume, Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire exemplify an especially attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 349 pages)
ISBN:9781107045439
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781107045439

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