Scotland and America in the Age of the Enlightenment

Scotland and America in the Age of the Enlightenment
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Publisher : Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 328
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Download or read book Scotland and America in the Age of the Enlightenment written by Richard B. Sher and published by Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the standard accounts of the American Enlightenment, Scottish influences on American culture are often recognised but usually limited to the effects of Scottish Common Sense Philosophy from the 1790s onwards. In the standard accounts of the Scottish Enlightenment, America's influence on Scottish thought is given little attention. Scholarship on both Enlightenments generally neglects religion, music, architecture and other important areas of culture. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the rich and varied Scottish-American cultural relations in the eighteenth century. There are three broad topics: John Witherspoon as a bridge between evangelical religion and the Enlightenment during the era of the American Revolution; the respective influences of American affairs on Scottish thinkers, such as David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson and aristocratic 'country' Whigs, and of Scottish thought and rhetoric on the American Founding Fathers; and the Scottish component in the culture of late eighteenth-century Philadelphia, including philosophy and literature, medical education, music and architecture"--Back cover.


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