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The Philosophy, Politics and Religion of British Democracy

Maurice Cowling and Conservatism

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The Philosophy, Politics and Religion of British Democracy

Maurice Cowling and Conservatism

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Maurice Cowling was one of the most controversial historians and thinkers of the last 40 years and a key figure in modern British Conservatism. His work on intellectual and political history assaulted conventional understanding of the political process and challenged the liberal and secular ideas which have been so pervasive in modern Britain. Here, leading scholars disclose Cowling's vision of British democracy and place it in its broader intellectual context. This book therefore provides a powerful multi-disciplinary explanation of Conservative thought about public life in modern Britain, and sheds light upon the interface between philosophy, politics, religion and British democracy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Robert Crowcroft, S.J.D. Green and Richard Whiting

2. Maurice Cowling: A Short Life
Jonathan Parry

PART I: COWLING AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
3. Prospects for Cowling's Philosophy of History: Subjectivity, Civility and Ecclesiasticality
James Alexander

4. Cowling on Mill and Liberalism
Michael Grenfell

5. Oakeshott's Influence on Colwing
Kenneth Minogue

PART II: POLITICAL HISTORY, POLITICAL JOURNALSIM, POLITICS
6. The 'Neglect of High Politics' and the Triumph of Political History
Philip Williamson

7. The New Labour History: A Cowlingite Perspective
Robert Crowcroft

8, Political Journalism since c.1960: The Impact of Cowling
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne

PART III: RELIGION IN THE AGE OF SECULARIZATION
9. 'As If Religion Mattered': An Alternative Reading of English Intellectual History since c.1840
S.J.D.Green

10. The Protestant Mind of Maurice Cowling
Ian Harris

11. Butterfield, Cowling and Religion
Michael Bentley

Conclusion

Product details

Published Aug 30 2010
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 336
ISBN 9781845119768
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Dimensions 9 x 5 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Robert Crowcroft

Robert Crowcroft is Senior Lecturer in Contemporar…

Anthology Editor

Richard Whiting

Anthology Editor

S. J. D. Green

Anthology Editor

S.J.D. Green

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