The Pragmatic Enlightenment | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781107622999 | The Pragmatic Enlightenment | Dennis C. Rasmussen | Taschenbuch | 2017

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Dennis C. Rasmussen is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, Massachusetts. He is the author of The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society: Adam Smith's Response to Rousseau (2008), which received an honorable mention for the Delba Winthrop Award for Excellence in Political Science.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Hegemonic Universalism?: 1. Morality in context; 2. Pragmatic liberalism; Part II. Blind Faith in Reason?: 3. The age of the limits of reason; 4. The perils of political rationalism; Part III. Atomistic Individualism?: 5. The social and encumbered self; 6. Negative liberty for a positive community; Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	20. & 21. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781107622999
ISBN-10:	1107622999
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Rasmussen, Dennis C.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Dennis C. Rasmussen
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.07.2017
Gewicht:	0,522 kg