Synopses & Reviews
Two volumes containing new essays by leading scholars in modern British intellectual history.
Review
"The eleven chapters in the books are of high, indeed exemplary, quality..." Anglican and Episcopal History
Synopsis
These two volumes contain new essays by many of the leading scholars in modern British intellectual history, covering a wide range of topics and thinkers. They all draw upon new research, but are written in a clear, readable style that will make them accessible to a wide spectrum of readers.
Table of Contents
Preface; General introduction Stefan Collini; Presentation of 'History, Religion, and Culture'; Part I: 1. Historical distance and the historiography of eighteenth-century Britain Mark Phillips; 2. Gibbon and the primitive church J. G. A. Pocock; 3. Gibbon's religious characters David Womersley; Part II: 4. 'The lust of empire and religious hate': Christianity, history, and India 1790-1820 Brian Young; 5. The Victorians and Oliver Cromwell Blair Worden; 6. Religion and politics in the Quarterly Review 1809-1853 William Thomas; 7. Ruskin's way: Tout àfait comme un oiseau John Drury; Part III: 8. The politics of anatomy and an anatomy of politics ca. 1825-1850 Boyd Hilton; 9. Images of time: from Carlylean vulcanism to sedimentary gradualism John Burrow; 10. 'Race' and 'nation' in mid-Victorian thought Peter Mandler; 11. Political thought and national identity 1850-1950 Julia Stapleton; Acknowledgements; Index.