Pragmatic enlightenment, the: recovering the liberalism of hume, smith, montesquieu, and voltaire
Auteur :
Rasmussen, Dennis C.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107622999
Date de publication :
30 nov. 2017
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
530 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 argues that these thinkers exemplify a particularly attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.