Background
Berry, Christopher J. was born on June 19, 1946 in St. Helens, Scotland. Son of Joseph and Audrey Berry.
(In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berr...)
In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berry explores the meanings and ramifications of the idea of luxury. Insights from political theory, philosophy and intellectual history are utilized in a sophisticated conceptual analysis that is complemented by a series of specific historical investigations. Dr. Berry suggests that the value attached to luxury is a crucial component in any society's self-understanding, and shows how luxury has changed from being essentially a negative term, threatening social virtue, to a guileless ploy supporting consumption.
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(David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson,...)
David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers the student a clear, accessible interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these historically significant thinkers. Organised thematically, it takes the student through their accounts of social institutions, their critique of individualism, their methodology, their views of progress and of moral and cultural values. By taking human sociality as their premise, the book shows how they produced important analyses of historical change, politics and morality, together with an assessment of their own commercial society.
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Berry, Christopher J. was born on June 19, 1946 in St. Helens, Scotland. Son of Joseph and Audrey Berry.
Bachelor, University Nottingham, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, London School of Economics, 1970.
Professor political theory University Glasgow, Scotland, since 1996.
(David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson,...)
(In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berr...)
Fellow: Royal Society Edinburgh.
Married Christine E. Claxton, August 3, 1968. Children: Craig A., Paul D.