Beyond the Enlightenment : Scottish intellectual life, 1790-1914 / edited by Aileen Fyfe and Colin Kidd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fyfe, Aileen, editor.

Kidd, Colin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment--Scotland.

Enlightenment.

Intellectuals--Scotland--History--19th century.

Intellectuals.

Scotland--Intellectual life--19th century.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).

ISBN:

1-4744-9306-8

1-4744-9305-X

OCLC:

1390747062