The Rise of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment

ISBN-13: 9780415753944 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 240 str.

Tatsuya Sakamoto; Hideo Tanaka

Opis

Presenting original research by prominent scholars, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the rise and progress of political economy as an integral part of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Spis treści

Introduction.  1. Andrew Fletcher's Criticism of Commercial Civilization and his Plan for European Federal Union  2. Policy Debate on Economic Development in Scotland: The 1720s to the 1730s  3. Morality, Polity and Economy in Francis Hutcheson  4. Robert Wallace and the Irish and Scottish Enlightenment  5. The Ancient-Modern Controversy in the Scottish Enlightenment  6. Hume's Political Economy as a System of Manners  7. The 'Scottish Triangle' in the Shaping of Political Economy: David Hume, Sir James Steurt and Adam Smith  8. Adam Smith's Politics of Taxation: Reconsideration of the Image of 'Civilised Society' in the Wealth of Nations  9. The Main Themes and Structure of Moral Philosophy and the Formation of Political Economy in Adam Smith  10. Civilization and History in Lord Kames and William Robertson  11. Liberty and Equality: Liberal Democratic Ideas in John Millar  12. Dugald Stewart at the Final Stage of the Scottish Enlightenment: Natural Jurisprudence, Political Economy and the Science of Politics  13. Adam Smith in Japan

O autorze

Tatsuya Sakamoto is Professor of the History of Social Thought in the Faculty of Economics at Keio University, Japan. His publications on David Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment include David Hume's Civilized Society: Industry, Knowledge and Liberty which was awarded the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities (1996) and the Japan Academy prize (2001).
Hideo Tanaka is Professor of the History of Social Thought in the Faculty of Economics at Kyoto University, Japan. His numerous books and articles on the Scottish Enlightenment thinkers include Studies in the Intellectual History of the Scottish Enlightenment and Revision of the Science of Society: from Natural Law to Social Science.