Recovering Bishop Berkeley

Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context
2010. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-10280-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breuninger, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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