The pragmatic Enlightenment : recovering the liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire

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 calls attention to the particular strand of the Enlightenment these thinkers represent, which he terms the 'pragmatic Enlightenment'. He defends this strand of Enlightenment thought against both the Enlightenment's critics and some of the more idealistic Enlightenment figures who tend to have more followers today, such as John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Jeremy Bentham. Professor Rasmussen argues that Hume, Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire exemplify an especially attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.

著者

Rasmussen, Dennis Carl、Rasmussen Dennis C.

出版社

Cambridge University Press

発売日

2014年1月発売

価格

価格未定（税込・書誌情報提供：openBD）

ISBN

9781107045002

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