The Cambridge history of eighteenth-century political thought / edited by Mark Goldie and Robert Wokler. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xvi, 919 p. ; 24 cm. - The Cambridge history of political thought .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 787-900) and index.

The spirit of nations / The English system of liberty / Scepticism, priestcraft, and toleration / Piety and politics in the century of lights / The comparative study of regimes and societies / Encyclopedias and the diffusion of knowledge / Optimism, progress, and philosophical history / Naturalism, anthropology, and culture / German natural law / Natural rights in the Scottish Enlightenment / The mixed constitution and the common law / Social contract theory and its critics / Sylvana Tomaselli ; Mark Goldie ; Richard H. Popkin Mark Goldie ; Dale K. Van Kley -- Melvin Richter ; Daniel Roche ; Haydn Mason ; Wolfgang Pross. -- Knud Haakonssen ; James Moore ; David Lieberman ; Patrick Riley -- Pt. I: The ancien régime and its critics. and Pt. II: The new light of reason. Pt. III: Natural jurisprudence and the science of legislation. The early Enlightenment debate on commerce and luxury / Physiocracy and the politics of laissez-faire / Scottish political economy / Property, community, and citizenship / Philosophical kingship and enlightened despotism / Cameralism and the sciences of the state / Utilitarianism and the reform of the criminal law / Republicanism and popular sovereignty / The American Revolution / Political languages of the French Revolution / British radicalism and the anti-Jacobins / Ideology and the origins of social science / Istvan Hont ; T. J. Hochstrasser ; Donald Winch ; Michael Sonenscher -- Derek Beales ; Keith Tribe ; Frederick Rosen ; Iring Fetscher -- Gordon S. Wood ; Keith Baker ; Iain Hampsher-Monk ; Robert Wokler. Pt. IV. Commerce, luxury, and political economy. Pt. V. The promotion of public happiness. Pt. VI. The Enlightenment and revolution.

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Political science--History--Europe--18th century.

JA 84 / C178 2006

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