Enlightenment in Scotland and France (eBook)

Preface

1. Introduction: Enlightenment in Two Languages and Multiple Dialects

2. Rousseau and the Scottish Enlightenment

I. Rousseau and Commercial Society

II. Did Adam Smith and the Scots Write in Response to Rousseau?

III. Reconsidering the Letter to the Edinburgh Review

IV. Rousseau and the Scots: Alternative Approaches

3. Montesquieu in Scotland and France

I. Montesquieu's Enlightened Legacy

II. Montesquieu in Scotland

III. Montesquieu in France

4. Enlightened Morality in Scotland and France

I. From the Old Philosophy to the New: the Scots

II. From the Old Philosophy to the New: the French

III. From Ethics to Politics

5. Monarchies and Republics in Scotland and France

I. Modernizing Classical Republicanism

II. An Anti-Machiavellian Moment

III. Monarchies and Republics in Scotland

IV. Monarchies and Republics in France

6. The Social Contract in Scotland and France

I. The Social Contract in Scotland: the Early Years

II. The Social Contract in Scotland: the Later Years

III. The Social Contract in France: from the Early to the Middle Years

IV. The Social Contract in France: from the Middle to the Later Years

V. The Social Contract and the American Revolution

7. Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward