4. Languages of Civility

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Locating the Irish Enlightenment 1
4. Part One. The Religious Enlightenment, 1688–ca. 1730
5. 1. The Presbyterian Enlightenment and the Nature of Man 23
6. 2. The Anglican Enlightenment and the Nature of God 60
7. 3. The Catholic Enlightenment and the Nature of Law 106
8. Part Two. The Social Enlightenment, ca. 1730–ca. 1760
9. 4. Languages of Civility 161
10. 5. The Enlightened Counter Public 210
11. 6. Communities of Interest 252
12. Part Three. The Political Enlightenment, ca. 1760–1798
13. 7. A Culture of Trust? 307
14. 8. Fracturing the Irish Enlightenment 345
15. 9. An Enlightened Civil War 405
16. Conclusion: Ireland’s Missing Modernity 459
17. Notes 475
18. Acknowledgements 589
19. Index 593