The Scottish enlightenment abroad : the Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the coast of Coromandel / by Janet Starkey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starkey, Janet, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment--Scotland.

Enlightenment.

Intellectual life.

Scotland--Intellectual life--18th century.

Scotland.

Scots--Syria--Aleppo.

Scots.

Russell family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 pages)

Other Title:

Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the coast of Coromandel

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad , Janet Starkey examines the lives and works of Scots working in the mid eighteenth century with the Levant Company in Aleppo, then within the Ottoman Empire; and those working with the East India Company in India, especially in the fields of natural history, medicine, ethnography and the collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts. The focus is on brothers from Edinburgh: Alexander Russell MD FRS, Patrick Russell MD FRS, Claud Russell and William Russell FRS. By examining a wide range of modern interpretations, Starkey argues that the Scottish Enlightenment was not just a philosophical discourse but a multi-faceted cultural revolution that owed its vibrancy to ties of kinship, and to strong commercial and intellectual links with Europe and further abroad.

Contents:

Front Matter

“The Prospect of Aleppo” from Henry Maundrell, A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem (Oxford: printed at the Theater, c.1703). Signed “MB”, probably by M. Burghers (artist and engraver)

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Prelude

Living the Scottish Enlightenment

From Edinburgh to Aleppo

With the Levant Company in Aleppo

After Aleppo

The “Literary-Artistic”: Setting the Scene

Introducing Aleppo1 and Aleppo2

The Natural History of Religions, Politics and the Everyday

Exploring the Cosmopolitan Everyday

On Sophistication and Pleasure

Scientific Enlightenment and “New Medicine”

Medical Practice in Ottoman Aleppo

Pathology and Epidemics

Scientific Enlightenment, Natural History and Improvements

Flora and Fauna of Aleppo

Gardens and the Trope of Romanticism

Natural History in India

Curiosity, Wonder and Enlightenment

Collecting: Identification and Authentication

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

90-04-36213-4

OCLC:

1025560588

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004362130 DOI