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020			_a9781107045439 (ebook)
020			_z9781107045002 (hardback)
020			_z9781107622999 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aB802 _b.R375 2014
082	0	0	_a148 _223
100	1		_aRasmussen, Dennis C., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Pragmatic Enlightenment : _bRecovering the Liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire / _cDennis C. Rasmussen.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (357 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen calls attention to the particular strand of the Enlightenment these thinkers represent, which he terms the 'pragmatic Enlightenment'. He defends this strand of Enlightenment thought against both the Enlightenment's critics and some of the more idealistic Enlightenment figures who tend to have more followers today, such as John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Jeremy Bentham. Professor Rasmussen argues that Hume, Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire exemplify an especially attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.
650		0	_aEnlightenment
650		0	_aLiberalism
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107045002
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107045439
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37562 _d37562