Recovering Bishop Berkeley

Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context

AvS. Breuninger

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History

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Beskrivning

Through a close analysis of key texts and the larger historical contexts within which they were composed, this study explores George Berkeley's engagement with the social and economic threats facing Ireland and Britain, highlighting his belief that virtue and religion could play crucial roles in alleviating these problems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-14
Mått:140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
Antal sidor:243
Upplaga:2010
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230102804

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SCOTT BREUNINGER is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Dakota, USA.

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"Recovering Bishop Berkeley goes some way toward dispelling the notion of Berkeley as a disconnected, abstract philosopher and recovering the bishop who was very much engaged by the social and economic questions of his day." The Scriblerian

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Berkeley's Sermons on Passive Obedience in the Irish Context Science and Sociability: Berkeley's 'Bond of Society' Piety, Perception, and the Free-Thinkers Luxury, Moderation, and the South Sea Bubble Planting Religion in the New World, 1722-1732 Improving Ireland: Luxury, Virtue, and Economic Development Bishop of Cloyne: Protestantism, Patriotism, and a National Panacea