04680nam 2200841Ia 450 991078848330332120200520144314.01-283-03921-4978661303921790-04-19351-090-04-18432-510.1163/ej.9789004184329.i-364(CKB)3190000000000594(EBL)682389(OCoLC)707926483(SSID)ssj0000472581(PQKBManifestationID)11307849(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472581(PQKBWorkID)10435205(PQKB)11573183(MiAaPQ)EBC682389(OCoLC)647218880(nllekb)BRILL9789004193512(Au-PeEL)EBL682389(CaPaEBR)ebr10455133(CaONFJC)MIL303921(PPN)174392575(EXLCZ)99319000000000059420100702d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading the Scottish Enlightenment[electronic resource] books and their readers in provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 /by Mark R.M. TowseyLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston Brill20101 online resource (380 p.)Library of the written word ;v. 10The handpress world ;v. 5Based on author's thesis, Ph.D., St. Andrews University, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-360) and index.Preliminary Material /M. Towsey -- Introduction. \' Enlightenment Everywhere\': Locating The Reader In The Scottish Enlightenment /M. Towsey -- I. \' One Of The Greatest Ornaments To A Gentleman\': Private Libraries /M. Towsey -- II. \' A Powerful Means Of Improving The Neighbourhood\': Subscription Libraries /M. Towsey -- III. \' Vice And Obscenity Dreadfully Propagated\': Circulating Libraries /M. Towsey -- IV. \' A Taste For Reading In The Country\': Religious And Endowed Libraries /M. Towsey -- V. \' This Map Of My Mind\': Recovering Historical Reading Experiences /M. Towsey -- VI. \' A Man Of Moderate Passions\': Fashioning An Enlightened Self /M. Towsey -- VII. \' That Independency Which A Whole Nation Had Renounced\': Negotiating Scottish Identity /M. Towsey -- VIII. \' The Patron Of Infidelity\': Reading Hume And The Common Sense Philosophers /M. Towsey -- Conclusion. \' Improved And Enlightened By Reading\': A Provincial Enlightenment? /M. Towsey -- Bibliography /M. Towsey -- Index /M. Towsey.It has become commonplace in recent decades for scholars to identify in the books of the Scottish Enlightenment the intellectual origins of the modern world, but little attention has yet been paid to its impact on contemporary readers. Drawing on a range of innovatory methodologies associated with the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of the history of reading, this book explores the reception of books by David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson and Thomas Reid (amongst many others), assessing their impact on the lives, beliefs and habits of mind of readers across the social scale. In the process, the book offers a fascinating new perspective on the fundamental importance of personal reading experiences to the social history of the Enlightenment.Library of the written word ;10.Library of the written word.Handpress world ;5.Books and readingScotlandHistory18th centuryBooks and readingScotlandHistory19th centuryEnlightenmentScotlandReading interestsScotlandHistory18th centuryReading interestsScotlandHistory19th centuryLibrariesScotlandHistory18th centuryLibrariesScotlandHistory19th centuryPhilosophy, ScottishScotlandIntellectual life18th centuryScotlandIntellectual life19th centuryBooks and readingHistoryBooks and readingHistoryEnlightenmentReading interestsHistoryReading interestsHistoryLibrariesHistoryLibrariesHistoryPhilosophy, Scottish.028028/.90941109033Towsey Mark R. M1545688MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788483303321Reading the Scottish Enlightenment3800737UNINA