The achievements and legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment, inspired by the work of Christopher Berry
The Scottish Enlightenment has been one of the growth fields in scholarship on eighteenth-century intellectual history. The era is renowned for its seminal and interrelated contributions to understanding the emergence of the human sciences, the framing of modern political economy and for its pioneering study of commercial society.
This collection of specially commissioned essays, examines the texts and central achievements of the Scottish Enlightenment. It focuses on the transformative contribution of the Scottish literati to modernity by examining three central themes: the Scots' pioneering conception of commercial society, the equally pioneering development of the Scots 'science of human nature,' and the emergence of the modern political economy.
An international group of Scottish Enlightenment scholars from a variety of disciplines provide explorations for these achievements, with a special focus on the work of Adam Smith and David Hume. They take their launching point from themes in the work of Professor Christopher J. Berry who is internationally known and respected for the work he has done to establish the coherence and significance of the Scottish Enlightenment.
R. J. W. Mills, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in History, Queen Mary, University of London.
Craig Smith is Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in the Scottish Enlightenment in the School of Social and Political sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Robin Mills is Leverhulme Trust Postdoctoral Fellow in History at Queen Mary, University of London.

Craig Smith is Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in the Scottish Enlightenment in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Glasgow.

Series Editor's Introduction

Preface
Fonna Forman

1. Introduction: The Work of Christopher J. Berry - An Appreciation
R. J. W. Mills and Craig Smith

2. Scottish Enlightenment Settings For The Discussion Of The 'Science Of Man'
Roger L. Emerson

3. The 'Almost Wilfully Perverse' Lord Monboddo and the Scottish Enlightenment's Science of Human Nature
R. J. W. Mills

4. The Rough Edges of Civilisation in the Scottish Enlightenment
Craig Smith

5. The Stickiness of Manners? The Progress of Middling Rank Manners in David Hume, Adam Smith and John Millar
Spyridon Tegos

6. 'The Happiest and Most Honourable Period of My Life': Adam Smith's Service to the University of Glasgow
Ryan Patrick Hanley

7. Adam Smith on Political Leadership
Eric Schliesser

8. Adam Smith and the Virtue of Punctuality: An Essay in Honour of Christopher Berry
Maria Pia Paganelli

9. Civility and Slavery: The Problematic Basis of Civilised Society in Hume's History of England
Naohito Mori

10. Hume as Forerunner of the Sociology of Emotions the effect of context, comparison and sympathy on the genesis of pride
Ana Marta González

11. The Reception and Study of David Hume's Economic Thought in China
Zhang Zheng-ping

Notes on Contributors
Index