Scotland and France in the Enlightenment

Deirdre Dawson and Pierre Morère (Eds.)

2004
348 pages
$100.00
ISBN 9781611481709
LC 2003004615
Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

The Scottish and French Enlightenments are arguably the two intellectual movements of the eighteenth century that were the most influential in shaping the modern age. The essays in Scotland and France in the Enlightenment explore a wide range of topics of historical relevance to eighteenth-century scholars, while engaging students with broad interdisciplinary interests in the humanities and social sciences. The ways in which Scottish philosophy influenced French painting, how the Encyclopaedia Britannica presented the French Revolution, the impact of Macpherson's Ossian on the development of French Romanticism, the moral education of children, the relation between reflection and perception in the arts and in moral life, humankind's relationship to other animals, and the links between violence and imagination, and fear and sanity, are only some of the topics covered. This challenging selection of essays comparing Scottish and French enlightenment views of natural history, jurisprudence, moral philosophy, history and art history complicates and enriches the notion of "Enlightenment," and will inaugurate a new field of Franco-Scottish studies.

Contributors: Paul-Gabriel Boucé, Pierre Carboni, Harvey Chisick, B. Barnett Cochran, Deidre Dawson, Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Andrew Hook, Ferenc Hörcher, Frank A. Kafker, Sylvie Lafon, Jeff Loveland, Duncan Macmillan, Susan Manning, Pierre Morère, Tony Pitson.

About the editors:

Deirdre Dawson is Associate Professor of French at Michigan State University.

Pierre Morère is Professor of English and Scottish literature at University Stendhal, Grenoble, France.