Cameralism and the Enlightenment - Happiness, Governance and Reform in Transnational Perspective (Hardcover)

Cameralism and the Enlightenment reassesses the relationship between two key phenomena of European history often disconnected from each other. It builds on recent insights from global history, transnational history and Enlightenment studies to reflect on the dynamic interactions of cameralism, an early modern set of practices and discourses of statecraft prominent in central Europe, with the broader political, intellectual and cultural developments of the Enlightenment world. Through contributions from prominent scholars across the field of Enlightenment studies, the volume analyzes eighteenth-century cameralist authors' engagements with commerce, colonialism and natural law. Challenging the caricature of cameralism as a German, land-locked version of mercantilism, the volume reframes its importance for scholars of the Enlightenment broadly conceived. This volume goes beyond the typical focus on Britain and France in studies of political economy, widening perspectives about the dissemination of ideas of governance, happiness and reform to focus on multidirectional exchanges across continental Europe and beyond during the eighteenth century. Emphasizing the practice of theory, it proposes the study of the porosity of ideas in their exchange, transmission and mediation between spaces and discourses as a key dimension of cultural and intellectual history.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Enlightenment World
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2020
Editors:	Ere Nokkala • Nicholas B. Miller
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-36051-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-36051-9
Barcode:	9780367360511

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