The Idea Of Commercial Society In The Scottish Enlightenment

A definitive exposition of a key idea shaping the world we know today.The most arresting aspect of the Scottish Enlightenment is its conception of commercial society as a distinct and distinctive social formation. Christopher Berry explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, and charts thecontemporary debates and tensions between Enlightenment thinkers that this idea raised.

• • Author: Christopher J. Berry
• • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• • Publication Date: Apr 08, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 256 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1474404715
• • ISBN-13: 9781474404716