9. Hume as Forerunner of the Sociology of Emotions: The Effect of Context, Comparison and Sympathy on the Genesis of Pride

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Notes on Contributors viii
5. Preface xi
6. Introduction: The Work of Christopher J. Berry – An Appreciation 1
7. 1. Scottish Enlightenment Settings for the Discussion of the ‘Science of Man’ 26
8. 2. The ‘Almost Wilfully Perverse’ Lord Monboddo and the Scottish Enlightenment’s Science of Human Nature 49
9. 3. The Rough Edges of Civilisation in the Scottish Enlightenment 71
10. 4. The Stickiness of Manners? The Progress of Middling Rank Manners in David Hume, Adam Smith and John Millar 98
11. 5. ‘The Happiest and Most Honourable Period of My Life’: Adam Smith’s Service to the University of Glasgow 115
12. 6. Adam Smith on Political Leadership 132
13. 7. Adam Smith and the Virtue of Punctuality 164
14. 8. Civility and Slavery: The Problematic Basis of Civilised Society in Hume’s History of England 173
15. 9. Hume as Forerunner of the Sociology of Emotions: The Effect of Context, Comparison and Sympathy on the Genesis of Pride 199
16. 10. The Reception and Study of David Hume’s Economic Thought in China 222
17. Index 242