The Enlightenment
Part of Cambridge Readings in the History of Political Thought
- Editor: David Williams, University of Sheffield
- Date Published: September 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521564908
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The Enlightenment is an authoritative anthology of the key political writings from 'one of the best and most hopeful episodes in the life of mankind'. The texts are supported by a lucid introduction exploring their moral, philosophical, political and economic background, enabling the student to grasp both the context and the essence of each argument. Biographical notes and carefully selected bibliographies offer further help. The selection includes not only mainstream theories but also texts by authors actively engaged in the politics of the day, offering a broad and genuinely trans-European perspective. David Williams, a distinguished Enlightenment scholar, offers readers a view of the evolution of Enlightenment political thinking in a variety of contexts: natural law, the civil order, the nation state, government, civil rights, women's rights, international relations, economics, crime and punishment, and revolution. Students of political science, history, European studies, international relations, law and philosophy will find this an invaluable resource.
Read more- Texts use authoritative editions derived from the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, and some specially-commissioned translations
- The only sourcebook a student of the Enlightenment would need
- Offers a broad range of extracts, including less familiar writers and a trans-European coverage
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- Date Published: September 1999
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521564908
- length: 542 pages
- dimensions: 248 x 175 x 27 mm
- weight: 1.127kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
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Part I. Natural Law:
1. Burlamaqui: Principles of natural right [and natural law]
Part II. The Civil Order:
2. Rousseau: Discourse on the origin and the foundations of inequality among men and The social contract
3. Priestley: Essay on the first principles of government, and on the nature of political, civil and religious liberty
Part III. The Nation State:
4. Voltaire: Homeland and Man
5. Herder: Ideas for a philosophy of the history of mankind and Letters for the advancement of humanity
Part IV. Government:
6. Hume: That politics may be reduced to a science, On the first principles of government, Of the origin of government, and Idea of a perfect commonwealth
7. Montesquieu: The spirit of the laws
8. Moser: The master and the servant
Part V. Civil Rights:
9. Diderot: Political authority, City, Citizen and Natural law
10. Condorcet: Reflections on black slavery
11. Gouges: The rights of women
12. Wollstonecraft: A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects
Part VI. International Relations:
13. Saint-Pierre: A project to establish permanent peace in Europe
14. Barbeyrac: Notes on Grotius' On the law of war and peace
15. Kant: Perpetual peace: a philosophical sketch
Part VII. Trade and Economics:
16. Mandeville: The moral [of the Fable of the bees]
17. Quesnay: The economic tableau
18. Smith: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
Part VIII. Crime and Punishment:
19. Beccaria: On crimes and punishment
Part IX. Revolution:
20. Paine: Common sense
21. Sieyes: What is the third estate?
22. Burke: Reflections on the revolution in France
Index
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