Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society: Moral Science in the Scottish Enlightenment

by Craig Smith

Book Overview

Adam Ferguson, a friend of David Hume and Adam Smith, was among the leading Scottish Enlightenment figures who worked to develop a science of man. He created a methodology for moral science that combined empirically based social theory with normative moralising. He was among the first in the English-speaking world to make use of the terms civilization, civil society and political science.
Craig Smith explores Ferguson's thought, and examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474413277
• ISBN13: 9781474413275
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"