AARON ZUBIA. The Political Thought of David Hume. The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination.

Introduction:

Aaron Zubia’s book on Hume’s political thought delivers much more than what the title promises. It is a thorough investigation on the roots and fruits of Hume’s political views, which means that it demonstrates the deep connection between his metaphysics, his theology, his ethics, on the one hand, and his political philosophy and his historical researches, on the other. Based on the established connection, the book criticizes the liberal idea of “public reason” and demonstrates that we need to go back to the classical roots or our civilization.