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AdamFerguson(1723-1816)wasoneoftheccntralfiguresintheScottishEnlightennent,HisEssayontheHistoryofCivilSociety(firstpublishedi1767)isaboldandnovelattenpttorechimthetraditionofaitizenshipandapplyittothemoderntravelliterture,FergusonoffersacomplexmodelofhistoricaladvancewhichchallengesbothHume'sandSmith'sembraceofmodernityandtheprimitivisnofRousseau.Ferguaonconbinesasubtleanalysisoftheenergenceofmoderncommercialsocietywithacritiqueofitsabandommentofcivicandcommunalvirture.CentraltoFerguson'stheoryofCitizenshiparethethemesofconfict,play,politicalparticipationandmilitaryvalour.Hisfascinationwiththetheoryofunintendedconsequencesasamodelofhistoricalcausalithdoesnotdeterhimforminsistingontheirreplacealbevalurofindividual,public-mindedmembersofpoliticalsociety.FANIAOZ-SALZBERGERisalecturerintheDepartmentofHistoryatHaifaUniversity.From1990to1993shewasaresearchfellowatwolitonCollege,Oxford.HerbookTranslatingtheEnlightenmentwaspublishedin1995byOxfordUniversityPress.