Chris Berry is Professor Emeritus of Political Theory at the University of Glasgow, which he joined from 1970, from the LSE where he completed his doctorate. He is best known for his work on the Scottish Enlightenment and on the ‘Idea of Luxury’ and he has given invited keynote lectures on these themes in China, Japan, Chile, the US and in Europe. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

A very useful and well written volume. I learned much from reading it, and so will students and experts alike, I am sure. -- Duncan Ivison, University of York A very useful and well written volume. I learned much from reading it, and so will students and experts alike, I am sure.

• The Enlightenment and Scotland; society and the critique of individualism; science, explanation and history; social diversity; social history; commercial history; social values; reading the Scottish enlightenment.

Chris Berry is Professor Emeritus of Political Theory at the University of Glasgow, which he joined from 1970, from the LSE where he completed his doctorate. He is best known for his work on the Scottish Enlightenment and on the ‘Idea of Luxury’ and he has given invited keynote lectures on these themes in China, Japan, Chile, the US and in Europe. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

A very useful and well written volume. I learned much from reading it, and so will students and experts alike, I am sure. -- Duncan Ivison, University of York A very useful and well written volume. I learned much from reading it, and so will students and experts alike, I am sure.

• The Enlightenment and Scotland; society and the critique of individualism; science, explanation and history; social diversity; social history; commercial history; social values; reading the Scottish enlightenment.

Chris Berry is Professor Emeritus of Political Theory at the University of Glasgow, which he joined from 1970, from the LSE where he completed his doctorate. He is best known for his work on the Scottish Enlightenment and on the ‘Idea of Luxury’ and he has given invited keynote lectures on these themes in China, Japan, Chile, the US and in Europe. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

A very useful and well written volume. I learned much from reading it, and so will students and experts alike, I am sure. -- Duncan Ivison, University of York A very useful and well written volume. I learned much from reading it, and so will students and experts alike, I am sure.

• The Enlightenment and Scotland; society and the critique of individualism; science, explanation and history; social diversity; social history; commercial history; social values; reading the Scottish enlightenment.