Описание: This book explores the evolution of British identity and participatory politics in the 1790s. Wil Verhoeven argues that in the course of the French Revolution debate in Britain, the idea of `America` came to represent for the British people the choice between two diametrically opposed models of social justice and political participation.
Автор: Plassart Название: The Scottish Enlightenment and the French Revolution ISBN: 1107091764 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107091764 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book recovers the Scottish Enlightenment`s forgotten commentary on the French Revolution. It argues that this commentary is both a major intellectual discussion in its own right and essential to our understanding of how Enlightenment philosophy and the heritage of Adam Smith were reinterpreted for post-revolutionary Europe.
Описание: Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was shaped by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades, scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politics, economics, or culture--almost anything but abstract
Описание: This study challenges the conventional polarities used to describe British politics of the 1790s Pitt versus Fox, Burke versus Paine, Church versus Dissent, ruling class versus working class, Jacobin versus anti-Jacobin.
Автор: Miller Название: Representing Space in the Scientific Revolution ISBN: 1107624711 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107624719 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Using an integrated historical and philosophical approach, this book explores the origin of modern physics in Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, and others. It analyzes representations of space in the scientific revolution, and will be essential reading for scholars and students of the history and philosophy of science.
Описание: This Companion highlights the energy, variety and inventiveness of the literature written in response to events in France and the political reaction at home, most famously by Burke, Paine, Godwin and Wollstonecraft. It contains specially commissioned essays, a chronology of events and publications, and an extensive guide to further reading.
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