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The Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment
The Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment Author:Christopher J. Berry A definitive exposition of a key idea shaping the world we know today — The most arresting aspect of the Scottish Enlightenment is its conception of commercial society as a distinct and distinctive social formation. Christopher Berry explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, an... more »d charts the contemporary debates and tensions between Enlightenment thinkers that this idea raised.« less