Adam Ferguson: Philosophy, Politics and Society - 9781138663442

Taylor & Francis

Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains a set of essays that analyse Ferguson's philosophical, political and sociological writings and the discourse which they prompted between Ferguson and other important figures. > Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains a set of essays that analyse Ferguson's philosophical, political and sociological writings and the discourse which they prompted between Ferguson and other important figures. > Introduction, Eugene Heath, Vincenzo Merolle; Part I Life and Works; Chapter 1 Ferguson the Highlander, Michael Fry; Chapter 2 Adam Ferguson, the 43rd, and the Fictions of Fontenoy, Bruce Buchan; Part II Philosophy; Chapter 3 Why Did David Hume Dislike Adam Ferguson\u2019s an Essay on The History of Civil;