David Hume : prophet of the counter-revolution / Laurence L. Bongie ; with a foreword by Donald W. Livingston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bongie, Laurence L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776. History of England.

Hume, David.

Conservatism--History--18th century.

Conservatism.

Counterrevolutionaries.

Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Historiography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Early Stuarts, 1603-1649--Historiography.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though usually Edmund Burke is identified as the first to articulate the principles of a modern conservative political tradition, arguably he was preceded by a Scotsman who is better known for espousing a brilliant concept of skepticism. As Laurence Bongie notes, "David Hume was undoubtedly the eighteenth-century British writer whose works were most widely known and acclaimed on the Continent during the later Enlightenment period. Hume's impact [in France] was of undeniable importance, greater even for a time than the related influence of Burke, although it represents a contribution to French counter-revolutionary thought which, unlike that of Burke, has been almost totally ignored by historians to this day." The bulk of Bongie's work consists of the writings of French readers of Hume who were confronted, first, by the ideology of human perfection and, finally, by the actual terrors of the French Revolution. Offered in French in the original edition of David Hume published by Oxford University Press in 1965, these vitally important writings have been translated by the author into English for the Liberty Fund second edition. In his foreword, Donald Livingston observes that "If conservatism is taken to be an intellectual critique of the first attempt at modern total revolution, then the first such event was not the French but the Puritan revolution, and the first systematic critique of this sort of act was given by Hume." Laurence L. Bongie is Professor Emeritus of French at the University of British Columbia. Donald Livingston is Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon , Barnes and Noble , and iTunes .

Contents:

""Laurence L. Bongie, David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-Revolution ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Publishing Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. v ""; ""Foreword, p. vii ""; ""Preface to the Liberty Fund Edition, p. xi ""; ""Introduction, p. xiii ""; ""I. Before 1789 ""; ""1. Royal Panegyrics, p. 1 ""; ""2. The Science and Art of English History, p. 2 ""; ""3. Jehovah Among the Hebrews, p. 10 ""; ""4. Papist or Pyrrhonian?, p. 15 ""; ""5. The Scottish Bossuet, p. 35 ""; ""6. Debate with Turgot, p. 54 ""; ""7. Early Hostility: Mirabeau, Mably, and Brissot, p. 60 ""

""8. Defence and Defiance, p. 65 """"9. Anticipating the Storm, p. 75 ""; ""II. The Revolution and the Role of History, p. 79 ""; ""1. History as a Weapon of Counter-Revolution, p. 79 ""; ""2. History as the Superstition of Slaves, p. 93 ""; ""III. From 1789 to the Trial of Louis XVI, p. 103 ""; ""1. Prophetic Parallels and the Counter-Revolutionary Lessons of Hume, p. 103 ""; ""2. The Long Parliament: Brissot Versus Clermont-Tonnere, p. 123 ""; ""3. A Republican Antidote: Catherine M acaulay-Graham, p. 132 ""; ""IV. The Trial of ""Le Stuart Francais,"" p. 141 ""

""1. Louis XVI and Charles I: A Condemned King's Mediations, p. 141 """"2. David Hume and Stuart History for the Defense, p. 149 ""; ""3. Cromwell in the Convention: The Judgement of Posterity, p. 156 ""; ""4. The Parallel Rejected: Brutus to the Rescue, p. 165 ""; ""5. Principles Versus Precedents, p. 171 ""; ""V. The Aftermath, p. 177 ""; ""1. Republican Qualms, p. 177 ""; ""2. Waiting for General Monk, p. 186 ""; ""3. Conclusion, p. 196 ""; ""Index of Names and Titles, p. 203 ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61487-775-0

OCLC:

62313646