The Scottish Enlightenment av Anand C. Chitnis

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<P>Originally published in 1976, this book discusses the relationship of the age of intellectual enlightenment in Scotland to the age of economic improvement and analyses the Scottish Enlightenment from a more sociological point of view. It describes the intense period of high intellectual endeavour and activity that took place in the resorts of the cultural social Scottish elite in 18<SUP>th</SUP> and early 19<SUP>th</SUP> Century Scotland. It discusses the crucial place of lawyers in 18<SUP>th</SUP> Century Scottish society and examines the intellectual features of the Scottish university system, charting the rise of the societies, clubs and other institutions such as the <I>Encyclopaedia Britannica</I> and <I>The Edinburgh Review</I>. </P>