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The development of political economy as a philosophical
preoccupation constitutes a defining feature of the Enlightenment,
but no consensual agreement on this issue was formed in the period.
In this book contributors reassess the conflicting views on money,
trade, banking, and the role of the State in the work of leading
figures such as Locke, Davenant, Toland, Berkeley and Smith, and
Smith's critics in revolutionary France. Key events, from the
Recoinage crisis in the 1690s to the South Sea Bubble in the 1720s
and the consequences of the French Revolution, sharpened the need
for a more dynamic conception of economic forces in the midst of
the Financial Revolution. Political economy emerged as a disruptive
force, challenging philosophers to debate and define unstable
phenomena in a new climate of expanding credit, innovation in money
form, political change and international competition. In Money and
political economy in the Enlightenment contributors investigate
received critical assumptions about what was progressive and what
was backward-looking, and reconsider traditional attempts to
periodise the Enlightenment. Major questions explored include: the
impact of economic and political crises on philosophy; transitions
from mercantilist to 'classical' analyses of the market; the
challenge of reviving ancient republicanism on the foundations of a
modern commercial system, with its inherent social inequalities.
Richard Hakluyt and Travel Writing in Early Modern Europe is an
interdisciplinary collection of 24 essays which brings together
leading international scholarship on Hakluyt and his work. Best
known as editor of The Principal Navigations (1589; expanded
1598-1600), Hakluyt was a key figure in promoting English colonial
and commercial expansion in the early modern period. He also
translated major European travel texts, championed English
settlement in North America, and promoted global trade and
exploration via a Northeast and Northwest Passage. His work spanned
every area of English activity and aspiration, from Muscovy to
America, from Africa to the Near East, and India to China and
Japan, providing up-to-date information and establishing an
ideological framework for English rivalries with Spain, Portugal,
France, and the Netherlands. This volume resituates Hakluyt in the
political, economic, and intellectual context of his time. The
genre of the travel collection to which he contributed emerged from
Continental humanist literary culture. Hakluyt adapted this
tradition for nationalistic purposes by locating a purported
history of 'English' enterprise that stretched as far back as he
could go in recovering antiquarian records. The essays in this
collection advance the study of Hakluyt's literary and historical
resources, his international connections, and his rhetorical and
editorial practice. The volume is divided into 5 sections:
'Hakluyt's Contexts'; 'Early Modern Travel Writing Collections';
'Editorial Practice'; 'Allegiances and Ideologies: Politics,
Religion, Nation'; and 'Hakluyt: Rhetoric and Writing'. The volume
concludes with an account of the formation and ethos of the Hakluyt
Society, founded in 1846, which has continued his project to edit
travel accounts of trade, exploration, and adventure.
Richard Hakluyt and Travel Writing in Early Modern Europe is an
interdisciplinary collection of 24 essays which brings together
leading international scholarship on Hakluyt and his work. Best
known as editor of The Principal Navigations (1589; expanded
1598-1600), Hakluyt was a key figure in promoting English colonial
and commercial expansion in the early modern period. He also
translated major European travel texts, championed English
settlement in North America, and promoted global trade and
exploration via a Northeast and Northwest Passage. His work spanned
every area of English activity and aspiration, from Muscovy to
America, from Africa to the Near East, and India to China and
Japan, providing up-to-date information and establishing an
ideological framework for English rivalries with Spain, Portugal,
France, and the Netherlands. This volume resituates Hakluyt in the
political, economic, and intellectual context of his time. The
genre of the travel collection to which he contributed emerged from
Continental humanist literary culture. Hakluyt adapted this
tradition for nationalistic purposes by locating a purported
history of 'English' enterprise that stretched as far back as he
could go in recovering antiquarian records. The essays in this
collection advance the study of Hakluyt's literary and historical
resources, his international connections, and his rhetorical and
editorial practice. The volume is divided into 5 sections:
'Hakluyt's Contexts'; 'Early Modern Travel Writing Collections';
'Editorial Practice'; 'Allegiances and Ideologies: Politics,
Religion, Nation'; and 'Hakluyt: Rhetoric and Writing'. The volume
concludes with an account of the formation and ethos of the Hakluyt
Society, founded in 1846, which has continued his project to edit
travel accounts of trade, exploration, and adventure.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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++++ Religion And Morality Daniel Carey Jennings & Pye, 1901
Religion; Christian Theology; Ethics; Christian ethics; Religion /
Christian Theology / Ethics
Daniel Carey examines afresh the fundamental debate within the
Enlightenment about human diversity. Three central figures - Locke,
Shaftesbury, and Hutcheson - questioned whether human nature was
fragmented by diverse and incommensurable customs and beliefs or
unified by shared moral and religious principles. Locke's critique
of innate ideas initiated the argument, claiming that no consensus
existed in the world about morality or God's existence. Testimony
of human difference established this point. His position was
disputed by the third Earl of Shaftesbury who reinstated a Stoic
account of mankind as inspired by common ethical convictions and an
impulse toward the divine. Hutcheson attempted a difficult
synthesis of these two opposing figures, respecting Locke's
critique while articulating a moral sense that structured human
nature. Daniel Carey concludes with an investigation of the
relationship between these arguments and contemporary theories, and
shows that current conflicting positions reflect long-standing
differences that first emerged during the Enlightenment.
Daniel Carey examines afresh the fundamental debate within the
Enlightenment about human diversity. Three central figures - Locke,
Shaftesbury, and Hutcheson - questioned whether human nature was
fragmented by diverse and incommensurable customs and beliefs or
unified by shared moral and religious principles. Locke's critique
of innate ideas initiated the argument, claiming that no consensus
existed in the world about morality or God's existence. Testimony
of human difference established this point. His position was
disputed by the third Earl of Shaftesbury who reinstated a Stoic
account of mankind as inspired by common ethical convictions and an
impulse toward the divine. Hutcheson attempted a difficult
synthesis of these two opposing figures, respecting Locke's
critique while articulating a moral sense that structured human
nature. Daniel Carey concludes with an investigation of the
relationship between these arguments and contemporary theories, and
shows that current conflicting positions reflect long-standing
differences that first emerged during the Enlightenment.
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