Thesis
Scottish political ideas in eighteenth century Germany
- Alternative title:
- the case of Adam Ferguson
- Abstract:
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This thesis examines the reception of the works of Adam Ferguson, a major thinker of the Scottish Enlightenment, by a range of German readers in the late eighteenth century. It provides a survey of Ferguson's main political ideas, and argues that many of his prominent German readers did not come to terms with them. The thesis contrasts the political realities and concerns of Ferguson's Scotland with the profoundly different political concerns of his German readers, and their often vague a...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1991
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602328931
- Source identifiers:
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602328931
- Deposit date:
- 2013-01-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Oz-Salzberger, Fania
- Copyright date:
- 1991
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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