Toleration, freedom of thought and liberation from social and
intellectual convention have long been recognised as the basic
tenets of Enlightenment thought and social morality. In the
political sphere, the response of radical social criticism to these
ideals led to the emergence of revolutionary claims of egalitarian
social justice - the Enlightenment as forerunner of the Revolution.
But do we need revise our understanding of Enlightenment political
thought? In this volume, eleven scholars examine how Enlightenment
political and literary concerns work in different cultural and
linguistic contexts; appraise Enlightenment reflection on
interstate relations, political morality and religious toleration;
and look at the challenges posed by eighteenth-century radicalism
and republicanism to the organisation of public life. In analysing
the theories underpinning Enlightenment political thought, they
provide a searching re-examination of the concepts of republican
polity and national community and trace the emerging international
theory in eighteenth-century Europe and North America.
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