Beyond the Enlightenment: Scottish Intellectual Life, 1790-1914

This collection explores the richness of Scottish intellectual life, its currents and controversies, from the French Revolution to the First World War, focusing in particular on the legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment. Offering a series of cutting-edge interventions, the contributors cast light on a range of individuals, themes and episodes from the period. Topics range from the role of women as intellectuals to the rise of a science of race, and from freethinking secularism to the debate over George Davie's influential account of nineteenth century universities.

Collectively, the chapters represent a pioneering overview of Scottish intellectual life during the long nineteenth century.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Notes on Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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1 - Introduction: Scotland after Enlightenment
pp 1-17
- By Aileen Fyfe, Colin Kidd
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2 - The Enlightenment Legacy and the Democratic Intellect
pp 18-35
- By Robert Anderson
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3 - Dugald Stewart, William Godwin and the Formation of Political Economy
pp 36-53
- By Lina Weber
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4 - The French Revolution and the Transformation of Moderatism: The Silence of the Scribes
pp 54-69
- By John S. Warren
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5 - James Mackintosh: The Science of Politics after the French Revolution
pp 70-88
- By Richard Whatmore
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6 - Scotland’s Freethinking Societies: Debating Natural Theology, 1820–c.1843
pp 89-106
- By Felicity Loughlin
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7 - Christian Isobel Johnstone: Radical Journalism and the Ambiguous Legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment
pp 107-125
- By Jane Rendall
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8 - Robert Mudie: Pioneer Naturalist and Crusading Reformer
pp 126-136
- By Eva-Charlotta Mebius
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9 - Theories of Universal Degeneration in Post-Enlightenment Scotland
pp 137-150
- By Bill Jenkins
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10 - Robert Knox: The Embittered Scottish Anatomist and his Controversial Race Science in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Britain
pp 151-167
- By Efram Sera-Shriar
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11 - Thomas Carlyle and the Scottish Enlightenment Concept of Sympathy
pp 168-186
- By Joanna Malecka
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12 - Covenanting and Enlightenment in Nineteenth-Century Reformed Presbyterian Political Theory
pp 187-204
- By Valerie Wallace
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13 - Andrew Lang and the Cosmopolitan Condition
pp 205-222
- By Catriona M. M. Macdonald
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14 - Criticism and Freethought, 1880–1914
pp 223-240
- By Colin Kidd
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15 - Epilogue: The Afterlife of the Enlightenment in Scottish Criticism
pp 241-257
- By Gerard Carruthers
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Index
pp 258-273
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Notes on Contributors
pp vii-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction: Scotland after Enlightenment
pp 1-17

2 - The Enlightenment Legacy and the Democratic Intellect
pp 18-35

3 - Dugald Stewart, William Godwin and the Formation of Political Economy
pp 36-53

4 - The French Revolution and the Transformation of Moderatism: The Silence of the Scribes
pp 54-69

5 - James Mackintosh: The Science of Politics after the French Revolution
pp 70-88

6 - Scotland’s Freethinking Societies: Debating Natural Theology, 1820–c.1843
pp 89-106

7 - Christian Isobel Johnstone: Radical Journalism and the Ambiguous Legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment
pp 107-125

8 - Robert Mudie: Pioneer Naturalist and Crusading Reformer
pp 126-136

9 - Theories of Universal Degeneration in Post-Enlightenment Scotland
pp 137-150

10 - Robert Knox: The Embittered Scottish Anatomist and his Controversial Race Science in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Britain
pp 151-167

11 - Thomas Carlyle and the Scottish Enlightenment Concept of Sympathy
pp 168-186

12 - Covenanting and Enlightenment in Nineteenth-Century Reformed Presbyterian Political Theory
pp 187-204

13 - Andrew Lang and the Cosmopolitan Condition
pp 205-222

14 - Criticism and Freethought, 1880–1914
pp 223-240

15 - Epilogue: The Afterlife of the Enlightenment in Scottish Criticism
pp 241-257

Index
pp 258-273

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