Historicism and the Human Sciences in Victorian Britain

Informationen zum Autor Mark Bevir is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for British Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of various books, including A Theory of Governance (2013), Governance: A Very Short Introduction (2012), The Making of British Socialism (2011), Democratic Governance (2010), and The Logic of the History of Ideas (1999). Klappentext This book studies the rise and nature of historicist approaches to life, race, character, language, political economy, and empire. Zusammenfassung This book studies the rise and nature of historicist approaches to life! race! character! language! political economy! and empire. Arguing that Victorians understood life and society as developing historically in a way that made history central to public culture! it will appeal to those interested in Victorian Britain! historiography! and intellectual history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; 1. Historicism and the human sciences in Victorian Britain Mark Bevir; 2. Life Bernard Lightman; 3. Race Efram Sera-Shriar; 4. Language Marcus Tomalin; 5. Literature Ian Duncan; 6. Moral character Lauren Goodlad; 7. History Brian Young; 8. Political economy Fredrik Albritton Jonsson; 9. Empire Duncan Bell; 10. International law Jennifer Pitts.

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• Authors: Mark Bevir, Mark (University of California Bevir
• Assisted by: Mark Bevir (Editor), Mark (University of California Bevir (Editor), Bevir Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107166684
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16668-4
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Historiography, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history