Ranging over political, moral, religious, artistic and literary
developments in eighteenth-century Britain, Andrew Lincoln explains
in a clear and engaging style how the 'civilizing process' and the
rise of humanitarianism, far from inhibiting war, helped to make it
acceptable to a modern commercial society. In a close examination
of a wide variety of illuminating examples, he shows how criticism
of the terrible effects of war could be used to promote the
nation's war-making. His study explores how ideas and methods were
developed to provide the British public with moral insulation from
the overseas violence they read about, and from the dire effects of
war they encountered at home. It shows, too, how the first
campaigning peace society, while promoting pacificism, drew
inspiration from the prospects opened by imperial conquest. This
volume is an important and timely call to rethink how we understand
the cultural and moral foundations of imperial Britain.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Andrew Lincoln
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Pages: |
300 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-00-936654-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-00-936654-8 |
Barcode: |
9781009366540 |
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