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Paradigms of Otherness. The American Savage in British Eighteenth-Century Popular and Scholarly Literature

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Perazzini F.

Review of International American Studies

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2020

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vol. 13

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issue 1

235-258

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In this article, I trace the changes in the literary and material representations of the indigenous peoples of North America within the British sphere of cultural production. As a first example, I will give an account of the episode of the “Four Iroquois Kings” envoy at Queen Ann’s court in 1710, focusing on the resonance of such a historical encounter in popular texts and iconographic material. As a second example, I analyze the popular story of Inkle and Yarico included in Richard Steele’s The Spectator in 1711, showing its impact on the early Enlightenment reflections on colonial trade. In my conclusion, I examine the role of American natives in the scholarly works of the Scottish Enlightenment, in order to show how they were used as comparable types for the observation of the roots of European civilizations thus justifying the construction of the British imperial hegemony both geopolitical terms and discursive practice.

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Adam Smith, Commercial Society and the Challenges of Republicanism

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Lis R.

Horyzonty Polityki

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2017

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vol. 8

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issue 25

9-28

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Research objective: The aim of this article is to examine the challenges Adam Smith’s account of commercial society pose to republicanism. The research problem and methods: Although I do not dispense with the conventional depiction of Smith as a critic of republics, it is shown that from a republican point of view there are certain aspects in his narrative that can be more interesting Conceptualized in this way, my argumentation is both interpretative and theoretical, describing what Smith had to say on republican issues as well as finding some elements in his considerations that could considerably enrich republican theory. To make these prospects more clearer I briefly refer to some parallels to Smith’s suggestions in the republican thought of the late 18th Century. The process of argumentation: The article deals in the beginning with Smith’s criticism of republicanism, identifying its core in his general distance towards the ideals of a more ardent citizenry. In the main section it proceeds to the discussion of several elements in Smith’s considerations which could be of some value to republican theorists. Research results: According to Smith, due to their obsoleteness in the times of commercial society, which were characterised especially by the growing importance of private pursuits, republics become difficult to administer. However, one could still use some of his arguments (especially those that can be easily filtered from their doctrinal connotations) to the task of modernizing the republican tradition. Conclusions, innovations and recommendations: Smith’s considerations could be valuable to all those republican theorists who continued in their efforts to modernize their conception of a republic. Seen in this way, they can be perceived as an interesting reference point in the area of republican theorizing.

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Between Adam Smith and Walter Scott: Scottish Enlightenment and Romanticism in the Czech Culture of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

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Procházka M.

Slovo a smysl - Word & Sense

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2020

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vol. 17

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issue 2

57-69

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Surgeons in Kay’s Portraits

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Macinytre I.

Państwo i Społeczeństwo

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2021

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issue 1

37-49

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Artykuł przedstawia postacie czterech szkockich chirurgów sportretowanych przez Johna Kaya, słynnego edynburskiego karykaturzystę, aktywnego w czasie szkockiego oświecenia. Tekst daje czytelnikowi interesujące spojrzenie na życie, pracę i kulturę chirurgów w XVIII-wiecznej Szkocji.

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This paper describes four Scottish surgeons depicted by John Kay, a famous Edinburgh caricaturist active during the Scottish Enlightenment. It gives the reader some interesting insights into the life, work and culture, of surgeons in 18th century Scotland.

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1 Macinytre I.

1 Perazzini F.

1 Procházka M.

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Paradigms of Otherness. The American Savage in British Eighteenth-Century Popular and Scholarly Literature

Adam Smith, Commercial Society and the Challenges of Republicanism

Between Adam Smith and Walter Scott: Scottish Enlightenment and Romanticism in the Czech Culture of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Surgeons in Kay’s Portraits