Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment : : The Moderate Literati of Edinburgh / / Richard B. Sher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Sher, Richard B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Classic Editions : ECE
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.) :; 7 B/W illustrations

A major contribution to the social history of ideas in the Scottish EnlightenmentThis book is a major contribution to the social history of ideas. It brings to life the intellectual, moral and political milieu that fostered the Scottish Enlightenment in the second half of the 18th century. It examines the changing patterns of intellectual life amongst some of the greatest thinkers of the time.This classic edition, and a 30th anniversary edition, brings a key Scottish history text back to life in a popular new series, affordable for students of 18th century Scottish history and of the European Enlightenment.Key FeaturesKey title in Scottish Enlightenment historyNew preface clarifies the book's argument, reviews its origins and updates the bibliographical essayTakes a biographical approach to the history of ideasGround-breaking historiography of the Scottish Enlightenment

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE TO THE EDINBURGH CLASSIC EDITION -- PREFACE to the 1985 edition -- INTRODUCTION The Problem of the Scottish Enlightenment -- Part I THE MAKING OF THE MODERATE REGIME -- CHAPTER ONE Students, Ministers, Volunteers -- CHAPTER TWO The Moderate Revolution -- CHAPTER THREE The Institutionalization of Moderate Authority -- Part II MODERATISM AND THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT -- CHAPTER FOUR The Moderate Spirit and Style -- CHAPTER FIVE The Teaching and Preaching of Moderate Morality -- CHAPTER SIX For the Glory of Scotland -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Tolerant Conservatives -- CHAPTER EIGHT The Passing of the Moderate Enlightenment -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX