Public moralists : political thought and intellectual life in Britain, 1850-1930
by
 
Collini, Stefan, 1947-

Title
Public moralists : political thought and intellectual life in Britain, 1850-1930

Author
Collini, Stefan, 1947-

ISBN
9780198201731
 
9780198204220

Personal Author
Collini, Stefan, 1947-

Publication Information
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Physical Description
383 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
Leading minds : the world of the Victorian intellectual -- Culture of altruism : selfishness and the decay of motive -- Idea of character : private habits and public virtues -- Their master's voice : John Stuart Mill as a public moralist -- Manly fellows : Fawcett, Stephen, and the liberal temper -- Their title to be heard : prefessionalization and its discontents -- Exclusively professional subject : the jurist as public moralist -- From dangerous partisan to national possession : John Stuart Mill in English culture 1873-1933 -- Whig interpretation of English literature : literary history and national identity.

Subject Term
Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
 
Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
 
Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Attitudes -- History.
 
Ethicists -- Great Britain -- Attitudes -- History.

Geographic Term
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
 
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.

Electronic Access
Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b9g9-aa
 
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/91011490-d.html


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