Author: Franco Venturi
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Girolamo Imbruglia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521631661
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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In 1734 the kingdom of Naples became an independent monarchy, but in 1799 a Jacobin revolution transformed it briefly into a republic. In these few but intense decades of independence all the great problems of the age of the Enlightenment became apparent: attacks on feudalism and on the power of the Catholic Church, the struggle for a modern economy, and aspirations to change the administrative machinery and the judicial system. Yet Naples was also the city visited by Winckelmann and Goethe, the city of Sir William Hamilton, of the study of Pompeii and Herculanum, and of the greatest musicians of the age. This collection of essays addresses a range of issues in the city's political and cultural history, and demonstrates the city's importance in shaping the modern, enlightened culture of Europe.

Author: Stewart J. Brown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052106063X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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This is an exploration of William Robertson, a leading figure in the eighteenth-century Enlightenment.

Author: Monika Baár
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199581185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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Monika Baár examines the work of five prominent East-Central European historians in the 19th century, analyzing and contrasting their body of work, their promotion of a national culture, and the contributions they made to European historiography.

Author: Peter Groenewegen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134467001
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 541

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Peter Groenewegen is one of the world's foremost scholars of eighteenth century economics - the era that saw the effective 'mainstreaming' of the discipline in the work of Smith, Turgot and Quesnay. This collection of essays amounts to the definitive guide to eighteenth century economics and is a must for any economist's bookshelves.Eighteenth Cent

Author: Marilyn D. McShane
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815325093
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Royal Historical Society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521793520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Volume 10 of the Transactions contains essays based on 'the British-Irish Union of 1801'.

Author: Simon Dixon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317894820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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Neither a comprehensive 'life and times' nor a conventional biography, this is an engaging and accessible exploration of rulership and monarchial authority in eighteenth century Russia. Its purpose is to see how Catherine II of Russia conceived of her power and how it was represented to her subjects. Simon Dixon asks essential questions about Catherin'es life and reign, and offers new and stimulating arguments about the Englightenment, the power of the monarch in early modern Europe, and the much-debated role of the "great individual" in history.

Author: Cheng-chung Lai
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191591076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 486

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The materials collected in this volume all concern the translations of and receptions to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations in ten non-English-speaking countries. The Wealth of Nations provides the perfect basis for studying the international transmission of economic ideas as it is generally considered to be the foundation of modern political economy, and still continues to be read after more than two centuries. Its appeal crosses national, cultural, and ideological boundaries -- countries investigated here range from China to Sweden -- and its enduring popularity is indicated by its status as the most translated economics book in history. Adam Smith Across Nations includes numerous sections which will of invaluable assistance to any Smith researcher. As well as presenting reviews and analysis from each country from the 18th century to the present day, an appendix lists editions of The Wealth of Nations in 18 languages, enabling the reader to understand the speed and number of translations. Most importantly, an introductory overview synthesises current research on the economic ideological context in the individual countries when The Wealth of Nations was introduced, the motives behind its introduction, its immediate reception, and the nature of the objections to Smith's doctrines. Professor Lai concludes that Smith's impact outside English-speaking country was predominantly limited to the realm of ideas: few of his policy recommendations were put into practice.

Author: Christopher Fox
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520916220
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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The human sciences—including psychology, anthropology, and social theory—are widely held to have been born during the eighteenth century. This first full-length, English-language study of the Enlightenment sciences of humans explores the sources, context, and effects of this major intellectual development. The book argues that the most fundamental inspiration for the Enlightenment was the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Natural philosophers from Copernicus to Newton had created a magisterial science of nature based on the realization that the physical world operated according to orderly, discoverable laws. Eighteenth-century thinkers sought to cap this achievement with a science of human nature. Belief in the existence of laws governing human will and emotion; social change; and politics, economics, and medicine suffused the writings of such disparate figures as Hume, Kant, and Adam Smith and formed the basis of the new sciences. A work of remarkable cross-disciplinary scholarship, this volume illuminates the origins of the human sciences and offers a new view of the Enlightenment that highlights the period's subtle social theory, awareness of ambiguity, and sympathy for historical and cultural difference.