Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… Wellcome Collection, 17366i. Image J. Russell, ‘Map of Scotland’, Wellcome Library, 576763i, 1804. Résumé The Scottish Enlightenment is an epoch-making intellectual current within the European history of sociability. First, this is an … possible by refined urban settings in middle-scale cities, distinct from both London and Paris. Secondly, the Scottish Enlightenment unprecedentedly contributed to theorising sociability not only through systematic analysis of human social … development of human societies, which would at least partly be succeeded by historical sociology developed in the post-Enlightenment period. Concepts > Political & Moral philosophy Mots-clés Britishness Commerce Cosmopolitanism …
Britishness | Commerce | Cosmopolitanism | Enlightenment | Gender | Moral philosophy | Manners | Politeness | Public sphere
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