Enlightenment in Scotland and France : studies in political thought

Preface1. Introduction: Enlightenment in Two Languages and Multiple Dialects2. Rousseau and the Scottish EnlightenmentI. Rousseau and Commercial SocietyII. Did Adam Smith and the Scots Write in Response to Rousseau?III. Reconsidering the Letter to the Edinburgh ReviewIV. Rousseau and the Scots: Alternative Approaches3. Montesquieu in Scotland and FranceI. Montesquieu's Enlightened LegacyII. Montesquieu in ScotlandIII. Montesquieu in France4. Enlightened Morality in Scotland and FranceI. From the Old Philosophy to the New: the ScotsII. From the Old Philosophy to the New: the FrenchIII. From Ethics to Politics5. Monarchies and Republics in Scotland and FranceI. Modernizing Classical RepublicanismII. An Anti-Machiavellian MomentIII. Monarchies and Republics in ScotlandIV. Monarchies and Republics in France6. The Social Contract in Scotland and FranceI. The Social Contract in Scotland: the Early YearsII. The Social Contract in Scotland: the Later YearsIII. The Social Contract in France: from the Early to the Middle YearsIV. The Social Contract in France: from the Middle to the Later YearsV. The Social Contract and the American Revolution7. Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward