Virtue transformed: political argument in England, 1688-1740

This book offers a detailed study of political argument in early eighteenth-century England, a time in which the politics of virtue were vigorously pursued - and just as vigorously challenged. In tracing the emergence of a privately orientated conception of civic virtue from the period's public...

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Main Author: Burtt, Shelley G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1991
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Summary:This book offers a detailed study of political argument in early eighteenth-century England, a time in which the politics of virtue were vigorously pursued - and just as vigorously challenged. In tracing the emergence of a privately orientated conception of civic virtue from the period's public discourse, this book not only challenges the received notions of the fortunes of virtue in the early modern era but provides a promising critical perspective on the question of what sort of politics of virtue is possible or desirable today
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Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 182 pages)
ISBN:9780511527951
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511527951

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