کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1159248 1490081 2006 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hume's oscillating civilization theory
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر تاریخ
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Hume's oscillating civilization theory
چکیده انگلیسی

Hume's repeated mentions of the vicissitudes of civilization have thus far been neglected, overlooked, or misinterpreted by Hume scholars. Although his references to the “death” or “ruin” of a nation are somewhat hyperbolic, his cyclical view of history was neither mere rhetoric nor necessarily pessimistic. This paper aims to show that Hume's notion of historical fluctuations was deeply connected with his understanding of the universality of human nature. It also placed Hume in a strategic position from which he could criticize both those who believed in the possibility of perpetual progress and those who forecast the successive decline of the human world. To explore Hume's position in more detail, we must first examine the reasons his argument was often misunderstood, especially in the context of the “rich country–poor country” debate. We also need to examine how Hume's view of the cyclical nature of history, consistently held, can be reconciled with his status as one of the champions of modern civilization.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: History of European Ideas - Volume 32, Issue 3, September 2006, Pages 263–277
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