| The Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment Contributor(s): Berry, Christopher J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748693785 ISBN-13: 9780748693788 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $93.50 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | Movements - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
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| Publisher Description: A definitive exposition of a key idea shaping the world we know today The most arresting aspect of the Scottish Enlightenment is its conception of commercial society as a distinct and distinctive social formation. Christopher Berry explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, and charts the contemporary debates and tensions between Enlightenment thinkers that this idea raised. |