Hume: Political Writings

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Hume: Political Writings
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Hume
Edited by Stuart Warner
Edited by Donald Livingston
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Category/GenreDictionaries
ISBN/Barcode 9780872201606
ClassificationsDewey:320.01
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publication Date 1 July 1994
Publication Country United States

Description

The first thematically arranged collection of Hume's political writings, this new work brings together substantive selections from A Treatise on Human Nature, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, and Essays: Moral, Political and Literary, with an interpretive introduction placing Hume in the context of contemporary debates between liberalism and its critics and between contextual and universal approaches.

Author Biography

Stuart D. Warner is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Roosevelt University. DONALD LIVINGSTON is a professor of philosophy at Emory University. He has published two books on the British philosopher David Hume and has been described as "the greatest Hume scholar of the 20th century." Livingston, along with other academics, formed the Abbeville Institute, an organization in higher education dedicated to scholarly study of Southern tradition.