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Scottish political ideas in eighteenth century Germany

Alternative title:
the case of Adam Ferguson
Abstract:

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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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Faculty of Modern History
Role:
Author
Publication date:
1991
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
Language:
English
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Source identifiers:
602328931
Deposit date:
2013-01-21

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