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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought

Series The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought, Volume 1

Edited by Mark Goldie and Robert Wokler

Publication Date 2006

Hardback ISBN-10
0521374227

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521374224

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521374224

Overview

This major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of western political thought during the European enlightenment. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this Cambridge History is the latest in a sequence of volumes that is now firmly established as the principal reference source for the history of political thought. Every major theme in eighteenth-century political thought is covered in a series of essays at once scholarly and accessible, and the essays are complemented by extensive guides for further reading, and brief biographical notes of the major characters in the text, including Rousseau, Montesquieu and David Hume. Of interest and relevance to students and scholars of politics and history at all levels from beginning undergraduate upwards, this volume chronicles one of the most exciting and rewarding of all periods in the development of western thinking about politics, man (and increasingly woman), and society.

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Introduction

The ancien régime and its critics

The new light of reason

Natural jurisprudence and the science of legislation

Commerce, luxury, and political economy

The promotion of public happiness

The Enlightenment and revolution

Biographies

Bibliography

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