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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.
| ISBN | 0521564905 | | Pages | 542 | | ISBN13 | 9780521564908
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Cambridge University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 1127 | | Imprint | Cambridge University Press | | Published in | Cambridge | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Cambridge Readings in the History of Political Thought | | Publication date | 23 Sep 1999 | | Height (mm) | 247 | | Non-book description | xii, 529 p. ; | | Width (mm) | 174 | | Library of Congress | JA83 .E66 1999 | | Spine width (mm) | 27 | | DEWEY | 320.01 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Introduction | | 1 | | | | References | | 71 | | | | Editorial principles and acknowledgements | | 80 | | | | Natural Law | | | | | | Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui | | | | | | Principles of natural right [and natural law] (1747) | | 86 | | | | The Civil Order | | | | | | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | | | | | | Discourse on the origin and the foundations of inequality among men (1755) | | 106 | | | | Social contract (1762) | | 118 | | | | Joseph Priestley | | | | | | An essay on the first principles of government, and on the nature of political, civil and religious liberty (1768) | | 144 | | | | The Nation State | | | | | | Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire | | | | | | Articles from the Philosophical dictionary and the Questions on the Encyclopedia | | 177 | | | | Johann Gottfried Herder | | | | | | Ideas for a philosophy of the history of mankind (1784-91) | | 195 | | | | Letters for the advancement of humanity (1793-7) | | 211 | | | | Government | | | | | | David Hume | | | | | | Political essays (1741-77) | | 218 | | | | Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu | | | | | | Spirit of the laws (1748) | | 246 | | | | Friedrich Karl von Moser | | | | | | The master and the servant, or the reciprocal duties of a sovereign and his minister, described with patriotic liberty (1759) | | 278 | | | | Civil Rights | | | | | | Denis Diderot | | | | | | Articles from The Encyclopedia, or rational dictionary of the sciences, arts and crafts | | 293 | | | More... | | |
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