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The Pragmatic Enlightenment: Recovering the Liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire Rasmussen, Dennis C. (Tufts University, Massachusetts)
The Pragmatic Enlightenment: Recovering the Liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire
Rasmussen, Dennis C. (Tufts University, Massachusetts)
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 argues that these thinkers exemplify a particularly attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.
344 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 18, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107045002 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 357 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 230 × 25 mm · 604 g |
| Language | English |