The Burke-Wollstonecraft Debate: Savagery, Civilization, and Democracy

Contents

acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 The Scottish Enlightenment, the Moral Sense, and the Civilizing Process 21 2 Burke and the Scottish Enlightenment 51 3 Wollstonecraft and the Scottish Enlightenment 89 4 “The Most Important of All Revolutions” 125 5 Vindicating a Revolution in Morals and Manners 157 6 Burke on Democracy as the Death of Western Civilization 195 7 Wollstonecraft on Democracy as the Birth of Western Civilization 227 Conclusion 257 bibliography 263 index 277 Contents ...