The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought

This major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of western political thought during the European enlightenment. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this Cambridge History is the latest in a sequence of volumes that is now firmly established as the principal reference source for the history of political though...

This major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of western political thought during the European enlightenment. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this Cambridge History is the latest in a sequence of volumes that is now firmly established as the principal reference source for the history of political thought. Every major theme in eighteenth-century political thought is covered in a series of essays at once scholarly and accessible, and the essays are complemented by extensive guides for further reading, and brief biographical notes of the major characters in the text, including Rousseau, Montesquieu and David Hume. Of interest and relevance to students and scholars of politics and history at all levels from beginning undergraduate upwards, this volume chronicles one of the most exciting and rewarding of all periods in the development of western thinking about politics, man (and increasingly woman), and society.

马克·戈尔迪，英国历史学家，剑桥大学历史学高级讲师、丘吉尔学院研究员。他编著有大量的关于英国政治理论家约翰·洛克的著作。

罗伯特·沃克勒（1942-2006），英国历史学家、政治理论家，著名的启蒙运动研究专家，先后在牛津大学、曼彻斯特大学、剑桥大学、耶鲁大学等校任教。他著有《卢梭的社会思想》等多部学术著作。

本书由清华大学历史系刘北成教授领衔翻译，其他三位译者是大连理工大学马万利、重庆师范大学刘耀辉、东北师范大学唐科。