Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Radcliffe, Elizabeth S., Hume on the Nature of Morality. (Elements in Ethics) 75 pp. 2022:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <667-29>
ISBN 978-1-108-70656-8 paper ¥4,899.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00 *

David Hume's moral system involves considerations that seem at odds with one another. He insists on the reality of moral distinctions, while showing that they are founded on the human constitution. He notes the importance to morality of the consequences of actions, while emphasizing that motives are the subjects of moral judgments. He appeals to facts about human psychology as the basis for an argument that morality is founded, not on reason, but on sentiment. Yet, he insists that no "ought" can follow from an "is." He thinks that our motivation to justice must derive from our nature. Yet, he wonders how to explain why anyone would be motivated to follow rules when doing so does not further their personal interests. As an empiricist, his approach is descriptive, yet morality is prescriptive. This Element addresses these puzzles in Hume's moral theory, with reference to historical and contemporary discussions.

スコットランド啓蒙思想－C.ベリー記念論集
Mills, Robin / Smith, Craig (eds.), The Scottish Enlightenment: Human Nature, Social Theory and Moral Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Christopher Berry. 344 pp. 2021:3 (Edinburgh U. Pr., UK) <667-28>
ISBN 978-1-4744-6731-5 hard ¥27,379.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00 *

Lex, Nina, Wer, wenn nicht ich?: Eine Subjekttheorie der Reziprozitaet nach Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (Epistemata Philosophie 617) 220 S. 2021:7 (Koenigshausen & Neumann, GW) <667-26>
ISBN 978-3-8260-7334-2 paper ¥8,459.- (税込) EUR 34.80

Jean-Jacques Rousseau war und ist immer vieles, denn Rousseau ist ein ?Kampfplatz?. Die vielen kontroversen und disparaten Rousseau- Bilder geben ihn als Totalitarist, Ketzer, Ikone der franzoesischen Revolution oder auch Newton der Moralphilosophie wieder. Dennoch machte er sich vor allem im Kontext der politischen Philosophie und der paedagogischen Reformbewegungen einen Namen. Straeflich vernachlaessigt wurde mit diesem verengten Fokus aber seine Subjekttheorie und die daraus resultierenden sozial-politischen Konsequenzen. Dieses Buch versucht genau jene Luecke zu schliessen und macht besonders den Emile, das Werk, welches Rousseau selbst als sein wichtigstes bezeichnete, zugaenglich fuer den aktuellen Diskurs ueber Selbstheit, Anerkennung und soziale Pathologien. Vorgeschlagen wird eine konstruktive Loesung des alten Konflikts zwischen Individuum und Gesellschaft, durch die Rousseau sich als Stichwortgeber und Vorreiter reziproker wie egalitaerer Gesellschaftsstrukturen verstehen laesst. Ein wertvoller Beitrag, um die laengst ueberholten, aber sich stets noch hartnaeckig haltenden Rousseau-Klischees zu ueberwinden. Das Spektrum seiner Theorie wird damit entscheidend erweitert und liefert so vor allem auch zu aktuellen Diskursen einen wertvollen Beitrag.

A.スミスと神の見えざる手
Long, Brendan, Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand of God. (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies) 304 pp. 2022:1 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <667-27>
ISBN 978-1-03-213757-5 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
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This book contributes to the 'new view' reading of Adam Smith, providing a historically and contextually rich interpretation of Smith's thought. Smith built a moral philosophy on the foundations of a natural theology of human sociality. Examination of his life, relationship with David Hume and use of divine names shows that he retained a progressive form of Christian theism. The book interrogates the metaphor of the 'invisible hand' and highlights the importance of the religious dimension of Adam Smith's thought for his moral philosophy, his jurisprudence and his economics. It reflects on the contemporary relevance of a theological reading of Smith and lays the ground for further inquiry between economic and religious perspectives.

Breban, Laurie / Denieul, S. / Sultan-Villet, E. (dir.), La science des moeurs au siecle des Lumieres: conception et experimentations. (Rencontres 518 / Serie Le dix-huitieme siecle) 367 p. 2021:10 (Classiques Garnier, FR) * paper 2021 <667-24>
ISBN 978-2-406-11901-2 hard ¥18,475.- (税込) EUR 76.00
ISBN 978-2-406-11900-5 paper ¥9,237.- (税込) EUR 38.00 *

Galaty, David, Modern European Intellectual History: Individuals, Groupings, and Technological Change, 1800-2000. 448 pp. 2022:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <667-25>
ISBN 978-1-350-10540-9 hard ¥25,938.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00 *
ISBN 978-1-350-10539-3 paper ¥8,354.- (税込) GB￡ 28.99 *

This non-technical introduction to modern European intellectual history traces the evolution of ideas in Europe from the turn of the 19th century to the modern day. Placing particular emphasis on the huge technological and scientific change that has taken place over the last two centuries, David Galaty shows how intellectual life has been driven by the conditions and problems posed by this world of technology. In everything from theories of beauty to studies in metaphysics, the technologically-based modern world has stimulated a host of competing theories and intellectual systems, often built around the opposing notions of 'the power of the individual' versus collectivist ideals like community, nation, tradition and transcendent experience. In an accessible, jargon-free style, Modern European Intellectual History unpicks these debates and historically analyses how thought has developed in Europe since the time of the French Revolution. Among other topics, the book explores: * The Kantian Revolution * Feminism and the Suffrage Movement * Socialism and Marxism * Nationalism * Structuralism * Quantum theory * Developments in the Arts * Postmodernism * Big Data and the Cyber Century Highly illustrated with 80 images and 10 tables, and further supported by an online Instructor's Guide, this is the most important student resource on modern European intellectual history available today.