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National Character and Public Spirit in Britain and France, 1750-1914

AvRoberto Romani

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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In a work of unusual ambition and rigorous comparison, Roberto Romani considers the concept of 'national character' in the intellectual histories of Britain and France. Perceptions of collective mentalities influenced a variety of political and economic debates, ranging from anti-absolutist polemic in eighteenth-century France to appraisals of socialism in Edwardian Britain. Romani argues that the eighteenth-century notion of 'national character', with its stress on climate and government, evolved into a concern with the virtues of 'public spirit' irrespective of national traits, in parallel with the establishment of representative institutions on the Continent. His discussion of contemporary thinkers includes Montesquieu, Voltaire, Hume, Millar, Burke, Constant, de Staël and Tocqueville. After the mid-nineteenth century, the advent of social scientific approaches, including those of Spencer, Hobson and Durkheim, shifted the focus from the qualities required by political liberty to those needed to operate complex social systems, and to bear its psychological pressures.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-02-13
Mått:154 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:535 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521024266

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Roberto Romani is Research Associate at the Centre for History and Economics, King's College, Cambridge.

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'Romani has written a first-class study of a fascinating and enduring problem … this book asks fundamental questions regarding the relationship between morality and political freedom. By placing these debates in a context that is both historical and comparative Romani has laid bare the obstinate complexity of the problems posed by the notion of national character.' The European Legacy

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. 1750–1850: France: 1. All Montesquieu's sons: the place of esprit général, caractère national, and mœurs in French political philosophy, 1748–89; 2. After the Revolution: Staël on political morality; 3. From republicanism to industrialism and national character: Melchiorre Gioja, Charles Dupin and Continental political economy, 1800–48; 4. The French Restoration dispute over mores and Tocqueville; Great Britain: 5. Between Whiggism and the science of manners: Britain, 1750–1800; 6. British views on Irish national character, 1800–46; Part II. 1850–1914: 7. The demise of John Bull: social sciences in Britain, 1850–1914; 8. Durkheim's collective representation and their background; 9. Socializing public spirit, 1870–1914; Conclusion; Index.