Author: Robert HarropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Bolingbroke, a Political Study and Criticism
Author: Robert HarropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Bolingbroke and His Circle
Author: Isaac KramnickPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801480010
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
An exploration on Bolingbroke's influence on the politics and literature of the Augustan Age.
Bolingbroke and His Circle
Author: Isaac KramnickPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501731793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Behind this study lie two questions. Why is Bolingbroke, known primarily as a rationalist philosopher of the Enlightenment, so worshipped by English conservatives who are themselves, since Burke, so set against what the Enlightenment represents in political, social, and religious thought? The second question relates to Bolingbroke's public life. How does one explain the intense animosity between Bolingbroke and Walpole which provides the energy for English political life between 1725 and 1740? Is it mere vindictiveness, ambition, jealousy, or the inevitable reflex of the 'outsider' against the 'insider'? Or is it, as the late Victorian writers thought, their falling out at Eton which forever fated them to be protagonists?"—from the Preface.
Bolingbroke, a Political Study and Criticism
Author: Robert HarropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Life of Viscount Bolingbroke
Author: Arthur HassallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Bolingbroke and Walpole
Author: John Mackinnon RobertsonPublisher: London : Unwin
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author: Contemporary Review
Author: The Contemporary Review
Author: Bolingbroke: Political Writings
Author: Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount)Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521586979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, was one of the most creative political thinkers in eighteenth-century Britain. In this volume, modernised and fully annotated texts of his most important political works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter, 'On the Spirit of Patriotism', and The Idea of the Patriot King, are brought together for the first time. Bolingbroke was the first major thinker to face the long-term economic and political consequences of the Glorious Revolution, particularly the creation of the first modern system of party politics. In these works he attempted to forge an ideology of opposition to attack the Whig oligarchy of Sir Robert Walpole. His analyses of constitutional government and the party system are still relevant to the dilemmas of modern democratic politics, as are his recommendations for a patriotic commitment to the common good and the necessity of a non-partisan executive.