Opinion of Mankind
How David Hume and Adam Smith forged
a new way of thinking about the modern state
What is the modern state? Conspicuously undertheorized in recent political theory, this question persistently animated the best minds of the Enlightenment. Recovering David Hume and Adam Smith''s long-underappreciated contributions to the history of political thought, The Opinion of Mankind considers how, following Th...
How David Hume and Adam Smith forged
a new way of thinking about the modern state
What is the modern state? Conspicuously undertheorized in recent political theory, this question persistently animated the best minds of the Enlightenment. Recovering David Hume and Adam Smith''s long-underappreciated contributions to the history of political thought, The Opinion of Mankind considers how, following Th...
