The Growth of Philosophic Radicalism
The Growth of Philosophic Radicalism

Author: Elie Halevy

Publisher: Martino Fine Books

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9781614275220

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2013 Reprint of 1928 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is still one of the best discussions of the 19th century Utilitarian movement in England-the rise of the Benthamites and the conflict between the growing economic philosophy and older philosophies that emphasized human and social values. Halevy discusses Locke, Newton, Gay, Hartley, Hume, Bentham, Adam Smith, Burke, Godwin, Malthus, James Mill, Ricardo, Grote and others. Remains a standard work to this day.

The Roots of Radicalism
The Roots of Radicalism

Author: Craig Calhoun

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-03-09

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 0226090841

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This text reveals the importance of radicalism's links to pre-industrial culture and attachments to place and local communities, as well the ways in which journalists who had been pushed out of 'respectable' politics connected to artisans and other workers.

Radicalism
Radicalism

Author: P. McLaughlin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1137034823

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Confusion, controversy and even fear surrounds the political phenomenon of radicalism. This book attempts to make conceptual and historical sense of this phenomenon, both as a kind of practice and as a kind of thought, before defending it in a traditional if unfashionable form: a form that is historically progressive and politically humanistic.