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The French Revolution debate in Britain : the origins of modern politics / Gregory Claeys.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Claeys, Gregory.
- Series:
- British history in perspective (Palgrave (Firm))
- British history in perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Political science.
- Authors, English.
- Political and social views.
- Political scientists.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence.
- France.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Foreign public opinion, British.
- Public opinion--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Public opinion.
- Political scientists--Great Britain.
- Authors, English--18th century--Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- x, 246 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Origins of Modern Political Discourse 1
- Chapter 2 Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) and the Origins of Conservatism 11
- The Revolution Commences 11
- Burke's Main Arguments 14
- The Reception of the Reflections 23
- The Development of Burke's Thought after the Reflections 25
- Burke's Later Reputation 32
- Chapter 3 Thomas Paine: Rights of Man (1791-2) and the Origins of Radicalism 35
- Rights of Man (1791-2) 35
- Paine's Religious Thought: The Age of Reason (1794) 41
- Reinforcing Property Rights: Agrarian Justice (1796) 44
- The Reception and later Reputation of Paine's Ideas 47
- Chapter 4 Mary Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) and the Origins of Feminism 49
- Wollstonecraft's Life 49
- From the Vindication of the Rights of Men to the Vindication of the Rights of Woman 50
- The Development of Wollstonecraft's Thought 65
- Wollstonecraft's Reputation 66
- Chapter 5 The Spectre of 'Levelling': Loyalists and Paineites, c. 1791-5 68
- Responses to Burke 70
- West of Hounslow: The Growth of Popular Radicalism 75
- The Emergence of Loyalism 79
- Responses to Paine 80
- The Popular Debate in Decline c. 1793-1800 92
- Chapter 6 Varieties of Whiggism: Fox, Sheridan and the Whig Party, 1791-3 99
- Introduction: Whigs Unwhigged?: Fragmented Loyalties 99
- Whigs and Newer Whigs: Charles James Fox and Richard Brinsley Sheridan 100
- Whig Radicalism: The Society of the Friends of the People and the Revolution Society 111
- Chapter 7 William Godwin: The Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) and the Origins of Philosophical Anarchism 118
- Life and Background 118
- The Central Doctrines of the Enquiry Concerning Political Justice 119
- The Enquirer (1797) and Godwin's Later Views: Doubts Respecting Simplicity 129
- The Reception of Political Justice 134
- Chapter 8 John Thelwall: Luxury, Property and the Rights of Labour 138
- Republicanism, Poverty and Luxury: Thelwall's Intellectual Development and Significance 138
- Virtuous Poverty Abandoned: The Rights of Nature Against the Usurpations of Establishments (1796) 144
- The Aftermath 154
- Epilogue: Exit Strategies 155
- Godwin and Malthus 155
- Charles Hall and the Origins of Socialism 159
- Conclusion: The Prelude to Modern Liberty and Equality 163
- Reading List: Major Figures 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 033362646X
- 9780333626467
- 0333626478
- 9780333626474
- 0333713567
- 9780333713563
- 0333693310
- 9780333693315
- OCLC:
- 77520486
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