The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination 1st Edition Zubia

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0268207801
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0268207809
• Author: Zubia, Aaron Alexander

Eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher David Hume has had an outsized impact on the political thinkers who came after him, from the nineteenth-century British Utilitarians to modern American social contract theorists. In this thorough and thoughtful new work, Aaron Alexander Zubia examines the forces that shaped Hume’s thinking within the broad context of intellectual history, with particular focus on the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus and the skeptical tradition.

Zubia argues that through Hume’s influence, Epicureanism―which elevates utility over moral truth―became the foundation of liberal political philosophy, which continues to dominate and limit political discourse today.

Table contents:

Introduction
PART ONE. Despiritualizing the World
ONE. Hume’s Critique of Religion
TWO. The Epicurean Critique of Religion and the New Political Science
PART TWO. Liberalism’s Founding Myth
THREE. Hume, Epicureanism, and the Contractarian Vision
FOUR. Philosophic Foundations for a Liberal Way of Life
PART THREE. The Modern Political Imagination
FIVE. Conservatizing Liberalism
SIX. Hume, Political Liberalism, and the Reign of “Public Reason”
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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