John Ruskin's Politics and Natural Law (eBook)

An Intellectual Biography

Graham A. MacDonald (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XXII, 276 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-72281-8 (ISBN)

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This book offers new perspectives on the origins and development of John Ruskin's political thought. Graham A. MacDonald traces the influence of late medieval and pre-Enlightenment thought in Ruskin's writing, reintroducing readers to Ruskin's politics as shaped through his engagement with concepts of natural law, legal rights, labour and welfare organization. From Ruskin's youthful studies of geology and chemistry to his back-to-the-land project, the Guild of St. George, he emerges as a complex political thinker, a reformer-and what we would recognize today as an environmentalist. John Ruskin's Politics and Natural Law is a nuanced reappraisal of neglected areas of Ruskin's thought.

Graham A. MacDonald has worked as a teacher, librarian, park planner, heritage consultant and

historian.  Between 1991 and 2001 he was National Park Historian for Parks Canada, Western Region. He is the author of numerous books and articles. 

Inhalt

1. Introduction2. The Wine Merchant's Son: Ruskin's Discovery of the World3. Art, Morality and the Fate of Nations: 1848–18534. On the Moral Disorder of Victorian England: From Art to Political Economy: 1853–18635. Wealth, Justice and the Medieval Poor Law: 1864–18706. Towards Pluralism: Oxford and Natural Law: 1870–18777. Easing towards 'a Vast Policy': Establishing the Guild of St. George8. The Condition of Political Virtue: Cooperative Individualism and Civil Association

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XXII, 276 p. 28 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Carlyle • English welfare state • Evangelical religious thought • Guild of St. George • history of political thought • John Ruskin • John Ruskin's political thought • John Stuart Mill • Labour Party • late medieval social organization • Natural Law • pre-Enlightenment • Victorian England • Victorian political economy
• ISBN-10: 3-319-72281-6 / 3319722816
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-72281-8 / 9783319722818