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SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT
In 1696 the Edinburgh student, Thomas Aitkenhead, claimed theology was "a rhapsody of feigned and ill invented nonsense". He was hanged for his trouble - just one victim of a repressive religious society called the Scottish Kirk.
Yet within 60 years Scotland was transformed by the ideas sweeping the continent in what we call the Enlightenment. This Scottish Enlightenment emerged on a broad front.
From philosophy to farming it championed empiricism, questioned religion and debated reason. It was crowned by the philosophical brilliance of David Hume and by Adam Smith – the father of modern economics.
But what led to this ‘Scottish Miracle’, was it an indigenous phenomenon or did it depend on influence from abroad? It profoundly influenced the American revolutionaries and the British Empire, but what legacy does it have for Scotland today?
With Melvyn Bragg to discuss the Scottish Enlightenment are Professor Tom Devine, Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen and author of The Scottish Nation, Karen O’Brien, Reader in English and American Literature at the University of Warwick and Alexander Broadie, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow and author of The Scottish Enlightenment – The Historical Age of the Historical Nation.
Guests
Professor Tom Devine
Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen, author of The Scottish Nation
Karen O’Brien
Reader in English and American Literature at the University of Warwick
Alexander Broadie
Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow, author of The Scottish Enlightenment – The Historical Age of the Historical Nation
Next Week
Next week In Our Time is looking at the history of Man’s struggle against disease.
From the Biblical plagues to the aids virus our history has been shaped by the various ailments and epidemics to come our way.
How have we understood these afflictions, how have we fought against them and is it a war we can ever win?
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