Adam Ferguson: History, Progress and Human Nature (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Heath, Eugene; Merolle, Vincenzo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains essays that range across all of Ferguson's works to investigate his engagement with contemporary events and his contributions to our understanding of history and human action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317315360
• Artikelnr.: 43976140

Autorenporträt

Eugene Heath, Vincenzo Merolle

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Eugene Heath, Vincenzo Merolle
Part I Life and Works
Chapter 1 Ferguson's Epistolary Self, John D. Brewer
Chapter 2 Ferguson and Scottish History: Past and Present in an Essay on the History of Civil Society, David Allan
Chapter 3 Ferguson'S Use of the Edinburgh University Library: 1764-1806, Jane B. Fagg
Part II In History
Chapter 4 Ferguson's Reflections Previous to the Establishment of a Militia, David Raynor
Chapter 5 Ferguson's Views on the American and French Revolutions, Yasuo Amoh
Chapter 6 Political Education for Empire and Revolution, David Kettler
Part III On History
Chapter 7 Ferguson, Roman History and the Threat of Military Government in Modern Europe, Iain McDaniel
Chapter 8 Ferguson's 'Appropriate Stile' in Combining History and Science: The History of Historiography Revisited, Annette Meyer
Part IV Human Nature, Action and Progress
Chapter 9 Ferguson's Politics of Action, Fania Oz-Salzberger
Chapter 10 Ferguson and the Active Genius of Mankind, Craig Smith
Chapter 11 Providence and Progress: The Religious Dimension in Ferguson's Discussion of Civil Society, Jeng-Guo S. Chen