Gregory Claeys explores the reception of the French Revolution in Britain through the medium of its leading interpreters. Claeys argues that the major figures - Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and John Thelwall - collectively laid the foundations for political debate for the following century, and longer.
Gregory Claeys explores the reception of the French Revolution in Britain through the medium of its leading interpreters. Claeys argues that the major figures - Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and John Thelwall - collectively laid the foundations for political debate for the following century, and longer.
Acknowledgements Chronology Introduction: The Origins of Modern Political Discourse Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) and the Origins of Conservatism Thomas Paine: Rights of Man (1791-2) and the Origins of Radicalism Mary Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) and the Origins of Feminism The Spectre of 'Levelling': Loyalists and Paineites, c.1791-5 Varieties of Whiggism: Fox, Sheridan and the Whig Party, 1791-3 William Godwin: Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) and the Origins of Philisophical Anarchism John Thelwall and the Rights of Labour Conclusion Notes Reading List: Major Figures Index.
Acknowledgements Chronology Introduction: The Origins of Modern Political Discourse Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) and the Origins of Conservatism Thomas Paine: Rights of Man (1791-2) and the Origins of Radicalism Mary Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) and the Origins of Feminism The Spectre of 'Levelling': Loyalists and Paineites, c.1791-5 Varieties of Whiggism: Fox, Sheridan and the Whig Party, 1791-3 William Godwin: Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) and the Origins of Philisophical Anarchism John Thelwall and the Rights of Labour Conclusion Notes Reading List: Major Figures Index.
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