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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Principal events in Bolingbroke's life; Further reading; Notes on texts; A Dissertation upon Parties (1733-34); 'On the Spirit of Patriotism' (1736); The Idea of a Patriot King (1738); Biographical Notes; Index of subjects; Index of proper names.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780521586979
ISBN-10: 0521586976
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bolingbroke, Henry St John
Redaktion: Armitage, David
Geuss, Raymond
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Henry St John Bolingbroke
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2010
Gewicht: 0,5 kg
Artikel-ID: 107692053