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The Mind of Gladstone - Religion, Homer, and Politics (Hardcover)
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The Mind of Gladstone - Religion, Homer, and Politics (Hardcover)
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Gladstone's ideas are far more accessible for analysis now that,
following the publication of his diaries, a record of his reading
is available. This book traces the evolution of what the diaries
reveal as the statesman's central intellectual preoccupations,
theology and classical scholarship, as well as the groundwork of
his early Conservatism and his mature Liberalism. In particular it
examines the ideological sources of Gladstone's youthful opposition
to reform before scrutinizing his convictions in theology. These
are shown to have passed through more stages than has previously
been supposed: he moved from Evangelicalism to Orthodox High
Churchmanship, on to Tractarianism and then further to a broader
stance that eventually crystallized as a liberal Catholicism. His
classical studies, focused primarily on Homer, also changed over
time, from a version that was designed to defend a traditional
worldview to an approach that exalted the depiction of human
endeavour in the ancient Greek poet. An enduring principle of his
thought about religion and antiquity was the importance of
community, but a fresh axiom that arose from the modifications of
his views was the centrality of all that was human. The twin values
of community and humanity are shown to have conditioned Gladstone's
rhetoric as Liberal leader, so making him, in terms of recent
political thought, a communitarian rather than a liberal, but one
with a distinctive humanitarian message. As a result of a thorough
scrutiny of Gladstone's private papers, the Victorian statesman is
shown to have derived a distinctive standpoint from the Christian
and classical sources of his thinking and so to have left an
enduring intellectual legacy. It becomes apparent that his
religion, Homeric studies and political thought were interwoven in
unexpected ways. The evolution of Gladstone's central intellectual
preoccupations, with religion and Homer, is the theme of this book.
It shows how the statesman developed from Evangelism to Orthodox
High Churchmanship, on to Tractarianism and then further to a
broader stance that eventually crystallized as a liberal
Catholicism. It demonstrates also that his Homeric studies
developed over time. Neither aspect of his thinking was kept apart
from his politics. Gladstone's early conservatism emerged from a
blend of classical and Christian themes focusing on the idea of
community. While that motif persisted in his speeches as Liberal
leader, the category of the human emerged from his religious and
Homeric ideas to condition the presentation of his Liberalism. In
Gladstone's mind there was an intertwining of theology, Homeric
studies and political thought.
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