Bolingbroke''s Political Writings The Conservative Enlightenment

Klappentext In turn, Tory minister, Jacobite renegade, English philosopher and anti-minister, Bolingbroke has elicited mixed reactions from his compatriots, both contempories and historians. Bernard Cottret discusses here his political writings in the context of contemporary thought in England and France. His analyses of 'A' Dissertation upon Parties' and 'The Idea of a Patriot King' are supported by a full mid-eighteenth-century political thought. Zusammenfassung In turn! Tory minister! Jacobite renegade! English philosopher and anti-minister! Bolingbroke has elicited mixed reactions from his compatriots! both contempories and historians. His analyses of 'A' Dissertation upon Parties' and 'The Idea of a Patriot King' are supported by a full mid-eighteenth-century political thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Bolingbroke, or the Conservative Enlightenment - Death of a Philosopher: Bolingbroke's Last Trick - Great Expectations: Bolingbroke and the Extinction of Party Politics - The Swan's Song: A Patriot King or None! - A Dissertation upon Parties - The Idea of a Patriot King - Appendix - Chronology - Table: Skeleton Genealogy of the St Johns - Index

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• Autori: Henry St John Bolingbroke, BOLINGBROKE HENRY ST JOHN, Henry St. John Bolingbroke, Bernard Cottret
• Con la collaborazione di: Bernard Cottret (Editore), Bernar Cottret (Editore)
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 04.08.1997
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, int; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918
• EAN: 9780333598870
• ISBN: 978-0-333-59887-0
• Numero di pagine: 447
• Serie: Studies in Modern History; Studies in Modern History
• Categorie: Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / World, Politics / Current Events, auseinandersetzen, Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft, ca. 1500 bis zur Gegenwart, Geschichte: Besondere Ereignisse und Themen