The Sociological Heritage of the Scottish Enlightenment
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- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- Publication date:
- 24 January 2026
- 31 August 2024
- ISBN:
- 9781399512350
- 9781399512336
- 9781399512343
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- Subjects:
- History of Philosophy, Social Theory, Philosophy, Sociology
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Book description
This book provides answers to two sorts of questions. It explores, on the one hand, how and what sociological ideas were developed in the Scottish Enlightenment. And, on the other hand, how the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment would emerge and develop in subsequent traditions of sociology. Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed and refined a descriptive-explanatory approach and methodology to explore social and economic processes - an approach that was different from the normative and justificatory aspirations of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century social and political philosophies. This distinct contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment is frequently overlooked, even if some of its central figures are acknowledged as important forerunners of contemporary social sciences.
This book offers a synoptic view on individual contributions and a connective view of theoretical achievements that are otherwise typically treated in isolation.
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