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Political advice has never seemed more prominent - or more
problematic. This volume of essays speaks to a contemporary
concern, set in a wider historical context. Political Advice: Past,
Present and Future brings several very different voices to bear on
the problem of advice and influence, the distinction in so far as
it is valid between political and policy advice, the two-way
parasitism of adviser and advised, the nature and idioms of
political advice literature, the ever-pressing issue of access and
exclusion, and the curious history of advisers' success and
failure. With contributions from classics and literature as well as
from history and politics, this volume treats political advice in
an interdisciplinary fashion. Moreover, a unique practitioners'
perspective on the problem of political advice is provided by the
contributions of politicians, political advisers and former senior
civil servants.
John Galt (1779-1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and
Jane Austen, and a friend and biographer of Lord Byron. Although a
prolific writer, and much admired in his own lifetime, Galt has
never achieved comparable levels of literary fame, and his works -
poised between Enlightenment and Romanticism - are now often
overlooked. Yet his reputation has been slowly growing, and he has
attracted critical interest as both a political novelist and a
chronicler of Scottish life. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION builds on
a steady stream of recent scholarship, and examines Galt's writings
in the social, economic, and religious contexts of their time.
The continuing churn of political advisers in Donald Trump's White
House serve as a reminder of the salience and relevance of
political advice. Political Advice: Past, Present and Future brings
several very different voices to bear on the problem of advice and
influence; the distinction in so far as it is valid between
political and policy advice; the two-way parasitism of adviser and
advised; the nature and idioms of political advice literature; the
changing (and sometimes unchanging) nature of expertise; the
ever-pressing issue of access and exclusion; and how that is
controlled. This volume of essays feeds into a contemporary
concern, set in a wider historical context. Moreover, the volume
treats political advice in an interdisciplinary fashion with
contributions from classics and literature as well as from history
and politics. The unique practitioners' perspective to the problem
of political advice is brought by the contributions of politicians,
political advisers and senior civil servants.
The World of Mr Casaubon takes as its point of departure a
fictional character - Mr Casaubon in George Eliot's classic novel,
Middlemarch. The author of an unfinished 'Key to All Mythologies',
Casaubon has become an icon of obscurantism, irrelevance and
futility. Crossing conventional disciplinary boundaries, Colin Kidd
excavates Casaubon's hinterland, and illuminates the fierce
ideological war which raged over the use of pagan myths to defend
Christianity from the existential threat posed by radical
Enlightenment criticism. Notwithstanding Eliot's portrayal of
Casaubon, Anglican mythographers were far from unworldly, and
actively rebutted the radical freethinking associated with the
Enlightenment and French Revolution. Orientalism was a major
theatre in this ideological conflict, and mythography also played
an indirect but influential role in framing the new science of
anthropology. The World of Mr Casaubon is rich in interdisciplinary
twists and ironies, and paints a vivid picture of the intellectual
world of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.
This collection of essays explores the role played by imaginative
writing in the Scottish Enlightenment and its interaction with the
values and activities of that movement. Across a broad range of
areas via specially commissioned essays by experts in each field,
the volume examines the reciprocal traffic between the
groundbreaking intellectual project of eighteenth-century Scotland
and the imaginative literature of the period, demonstrating that
the innovations made by the Scottish literati laid the foundations
for developments in imaginative writing in Scotland and further
afield. In doing so, it provide a context for the widespread
revaluation of the literary culture of the Scottish Enlightenment
and the part that culture played in the project of Enlightenment.
The World of Mr Casaubon takes as its point of departure a
fictional character - Mr Casaubon in George Eliot's classic novel,
Middlemarch. The author of an unfinished 'Key to All Mythologies',
Casaubon has become an icon of obscurantism, irrelevance and
futility. Crossing conventional disciplinary boundaries, Colin Kidd
excavates Casaubon's hinterland, and illuminates the fierce
ideological war which raged over the use of pagan myths to defend
Christianity from the existential threat posed by radical
Enlightenment criticism. Notwithstanding Eliot's portrayal of
Casaubon, Anglican mythographers were far from unworldly, and
actively rebutted the radical freethinking associated with the
Enlightenment and French Revolution. Orientalism was a major
theatre in this ideological conflict, and mythography also played
an indirect but influential role in framing the new science of
anthropology. The World of Mr Casaubon is rich in interdisciplinary
twists and ironies, and paints a vivid picture of the intellectual
world of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.
Although the dominant political ideology in Scotland between 1707
and the present, unionism has suffered serious neglect. One of the
most distinguished Scottish historians of our time looks afresh at
this central theme in Britain's history, politics and law, and
traces the history of Scottish unionist ideas from the early
sixteenth century to the present day. Colin Kidd demonstrates that
unionism had impeccably indigenous origins long predating the Union
of 1707, and that it emerged in reaction to the English vision of
Britain as an empire. Far from being the antithesis of nationalism,
modern Scottish unionism has largely occupied a middle ground
between the extremes of assimilation to England or separation from
it. At a time when the future of the Scottish union is under
scrutiny as never before, its history demands Colin Kidd's lucid
and cogent examination, which will doubtless generate major debate,
both within Scotland and beyond.
Although the dominant political ideology in Scotland between 1707
and the present, unionism has suffered serious neglect. One of the
most distinguished Scottish historians of our time looks afresh at
this central theme in Britain's history, politics and law, and
traces the history of Scottish unionist ideas from the early
sixteenth century to the present day. Colin Kidd demonstrates that
unionism had impeccably indigenous origins long predating the Union
of 1707, and that it emerged in reaction to the English vision of
Britain as an empire. Far from being the antithesis of nationalism,
modern Scottish unionism has largely occupied a middle ground
between the extremes of assimilation to England or separation from
it. At a time when the future of the Scottish union is under
scrutiny as never before, its history demands Colin Kidd's lucid
and cogent examination, which will doubtless generate major debate,
both within Scotland and beyond.
This book revolutionises our understanding of race. Building upon
the insight that races are products of culture rather than biology,
Colin Kidd demonstrates that the Bible - the key text in Western
culture - has left a vivid imprint on modern racial theories and
prejudices. Fixing his attention on the changing relationship
between race and theology in the Protestant Atlantic world between
1600 and 2000 Kidd shows that, while the Bible itself is
colour-blind, its interpreters have imported racial significance
into the scriptures. Kidd's study probes the theological anxieties
which lurked behind the confident facade of of white racial
supremacy in the age of empire and race slavery, as well as the
ways in which racialist ideas left their mark upon new forms of
religiosity. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the
histories of race or religion.
Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength
and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study
attempts to gauge the status of ethnic identities in an era whose
dominant loyalties and modes of political argument were
confessional, institutional and juridical. Colin Kidd's point of
departure is the widely shared orthodox belief that the whole world
had been peopled by the offspring of Noah. In addition, Kidd probes
inconsistencies in national myths of origin and ancient
constitutional claims, and considers points of contact which
existed in the early modern era between ethnic identities which are
now viewed as antithetical, including those of Celts and Saxons. He
also argues that Gothicism qualified the notorious Francophobia of
eighteenth-century Britons. A wide-ranging example of the new
British history, this study draws upon evidence from England,
Scotland, Ireland and America, while remaining alert to European
comparisons and influences.
This book examines how the dramatic intellectual developments of the Scottish Enlightenment undermined a patriotic reading of Scotland’s history, and shows how this had long-term consequences in the failure of the nineteenth-century Scottish intelligentsia to mount a nationalist movement comparable to the romantic nationalisms of other European peoples. The volume sheds fresh light on several important areas of Scottish history and literature: on the parliamentary Union with England of 1707, the ideological conflicts between whigs and Jacobites, and the literary mythmaking of James Macpherson’s Ossian and Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. It also addresses the broader questions of the impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on British political culture, and the enigma of British national identity itself.
Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength
and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study
attempts to gauge the status of ethnic identities in an era whose
dominant loyalties and modes of political argument were
confessional, institutional and juridical. Colin Kidd's point of
departure is the widely shared orthodox belief that the whole world
had been peopled by the offspring of Noah. In addition, Kidd probes
inconsistencies in national myths of origin and ancient
constitutional claims, and considers points of contact which
existed in the early modern era between ethnic identities which are
now viewed as antithetical, including those of Celts and Saxons. He
also argues that Gothicism qualified the notorious Francophobia of
eighteenth-century Britons. A wide-ranging example of the new
British history, this study draws upon evidence from England,
Scotland, Ireland and America, while remaining alert to European
comparisons and influences.
This book examines how the dramatic intellectual developments of
the Scottish Enlightenment undermined a patriotic reading of
Scotland's history, and shows how this had long-term consequences
in the failure of the nineteenth-century Scottish intelligentsia to
mount a nationalist movement comparable to the romantic
nationalisms of other European peoples. The volume sheds fresh
light on several important areas of Scottish history and
literature: on the parliamentary Union with England of 1707, the
ideological conflicts between whigs and Jacobites, and the literary
mythmaking of James Macpherson's Ossian and Sir Walter Scott's
Waverley novels. It also addresses the broader questions of the
impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on British political culture,
and the enigma of British national identity itself.
This book revolutionises our understanding of race. Building upon
the insight that races are products of culture rather than biology,
Colin Kidd demonstrates that the Bible - the key text in Western
culture - has left a vivid imprint on modern racial theories and
prejudices. Fixing his attention on the changing relationship
between race and theology in the Protestant Atlantic world between
1600 and 2000 Kidd shows that, while the Bible itself is
colour-blind, its interpreters have imported racial significance
into the scriptures. Kidd's study probes the theological anxieties
which lurked behind the confident facade of of white racial
supremacy in the age of empire and race slavery, as well as the
ways in which racialist ideas left their mark upon new forms of
religiosity. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the
histories of race or religion.
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