Radical Conduct - Politics, Sociability and Equality in London 1789-1815

Radical Conduct reinterprets literary and political radicalism in London at the time of the French Revolution. It explores the tensions between the world people took for granted and their aspirations for change, exploring language, sociability, gender relations, music and dance.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Politics and privacy; 2. Disagreement and deliberation; 3. Plurality: women's circles in London; 4. Radical literary women; 5. Gender and deliberative equality; 6. Negotiating equality; 7. A private affair; 8. Music and movement; Conclusion. Life during wartime.

About the author

Mark Philp is Professor of History at the University of Warwick and an Emeritus Fellow of Oriel College. He has published widely on the history of ideas, late 18th and early 19th century European history, and on political realism and ethics in public life. He is the author of Political Conduct (2007) and Reforming Political Ideas in Britain (2013).

Summary

Radical Conduct reinterprets literary and political radicalism in London at the time of the French Revolution. It explores the tensions between the world people took for granted and their aspirations for change, exploring language, sociability, gender relations, music and dance.

Foreword

An innovative new reading of the character of, and tensions in, London's radical intellectual culture at the time of the French Revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Philp, Mark (University of Warwick) Philp, Philp Mark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781108820219
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82021-9
• No. of pages: 285
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; History, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, General and world history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards