Bibliograph

The British idealists, edited by David Boucher

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Label

The British idealists, edited by David Boucher

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The British idealists

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

817925162

Responsibility statement

edited by David Boucher

Series statement

Cambridge texts in the history of political thoughtCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

The British idealists made significant and lasting contributions to the social and political thought of the nineteenth century. They contributed to the evolution debate in insisting that the social organism could not be understood in naturalistic terms, but instead had to be conceived as an evolving spiritual unity. In this respect the British idealists developed a distinctive view of the state constitutive of the individual and they are commonly acknowledged as the forerunners of modern communitarian theory. Furthermore the idealists contributed to the major debates of their day, including evolution, democracy, the role of the state, education and international relations. In his introduction, David Boucher develops the themes illustrated in the writings of the British idealists. This volume also contains biographies of the British idealists which incorporate their principal works.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The social organism (1883) / Henry Jones -- Man's place in the cosmos (1893) / Andrew Seth (Pringle-Pattison) -- Professor Huxley on nature and man (1897) -- Socialism and natural selection (1895) / Bernard Bosanquet -- Ethical democracy: evolution and democracy (1900) / D.G. Ritchie -- Ideal morality (1876; revised 1927) / F.H. Bradley -- The reality of the general will (1895) / Bernard Bosanquet -- The rights of minorities (1891 and 1893) / D.G. Ritchie -- The dangers of democracy (1906) / J.S. Mackenzie -- Individualism and socialism (1897) / Edward Caird -- The coming of socialism (1910) / Henry Jones -- The right of the state over the individual in war (1886) / T.H. Green -- What imperialism means (1900) / J.H. Muirhead -- German philosophy in relation to the war (1916) / John Watson -- The function of the state in promoting the unity of mankind (1917) / Bernard Bosanquet

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