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'Vindiciae Gallicae' was James Mackintoshs first major publication,
a contribution to the debate begun by Edmund Burkes 'Reflections on
the Revolution in France' (published by Liberty Fund in 1999). The
success of Mackintoshs defence of the French Revolution propelled
him into the heart of London Whig circles. The turn of events in
France following the September 1792 Massacres caused Mackintosh,
along with other moderate Whigs, to revise his opinions and to move
closer to Burkes position. 'A Discourse on the Law of Nature and
Nations' was the introduction to a popular course of public
lectures at Lincolns Inn in 1799 and 1800. These lectures provided
Mackintosh with an opportunity to complete the evolution of his
political thought by expounding the principles of a Scottish
version of the science of natural jurisprudence dealing with 'the
rights and duties of men and of states', to announce his withdrawal
of support for the French Revolution, and to criticise former
allies on the radical wing of the reform move.
'Vindiciae Gallicae' was James Mackintoshs first major publication,
a contribution to the debate begun by Edmund Burkes 'Reflections on
the Revolution in France' (published by Liberty Fund in 1999). The
success of Mackintoshs defence of the French Revolution propelled
him into the heart of London Whig circles. The turn of events in
France following the September 1792 Massacres caused Mackintosh,
along with other moderate Whigs, to revise his opinions and to move
closer to Burkes position. 'A Discourse on the Law of Nature and
Nations' was the introduction to a popular course of public
lectures at Lincolns Inn in 1799 and 1800. These lectures provided
Mackintosh with an opportunity to complete the evolution of his
political thought by expounding the principles of a Scottish
version of the science of natural jurisprudence dealing with 'the
rights and duties of men and of states', to announce his withdrawal
of support for the French Revolution, and to criticise former
allies on the radical wing of the reform move.
Donald Winch completes the intellectual history of political
economy begun in Riches and Poverty (1996). A major theme addressed
in both volumes is the 'bitter argument between economists and
human beings' provoked by Britain's industrial revolution. Winch
takes the argument from Mill's contributions to the
'condition-of-England' debate in 1848 through to the work on
economic wellbeing of Alfred Marshall. The writings of major
figures of the period are examined in a sequence of interlinked
essays that ends with consideration of the twentieth-century fate
of the debate between utilitarians and romantics in the hands of
Leavis, Williams and Thompson. Donald Winch is one of Britain's
most distinguished historians of ideas, and Wealth and Life brings
to fruition a long-standing interest in the history of those
intellectual pursuits that have shaped the understanding of Britain
as an industrial society, and continue to influence cultural
responses to the moral questions posed by economic life.
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose
ideas, as expounded in his most famous work the Essay on the
Principle of Population, caused a storm of controversy. In this
Very Short Introduction, Donald Winch explains and clarifies
Malthus's ideas, assessing the profound influence he has had on
modern economic thought. Concentrating on his writings, Winch sheds
light on the context in which he wrote and why his work has
remained controversial. Looking at Malthus's early life as well as
the evolution of his theories from population to political economy,
Winch considers why and how Malthus's writings have been so
influential in the thought of later figures such as Darwin and
Keynes. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from
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Donald Winch completes the intellectual history of political
economy begun in Riches and Poverty (1996). A major theme addressed
in both volumes is the 'bitter argument between economists and
human beings' provoked by Britain's industrial revolution. Winch
takes the argument from Mill's contributions to the
'condition-of-England' debate in 1848 through to the work on
economic wellbeing of Alfred Marshall. The writings of major
figures of the period are examined in a sequence of interlinked
essays that ends with consideration of the twentieth-century fate
of the debate between utilitarians and romantics in the hands of
Leavis, Williams and Thompson. Donald Winch is one of Britain's
most distinguished historians of ideas, and Wealth and Life brings
to fruition a long-standing interest in the history of those
intellectual pursuits that have shaped the understanding of Britain
as an industrial society, and continue to influence cultural
responses to the moral questions posed by economic life.
The experience of the Economic Advisory Council provides the
relevant policy background to the Keynesian revolution in economic
theory, and to the adoption of the principles of economic
management in Britain during the Second World War. This study of
this pioneering advisory institution against the inter-war setting
of depression, financial crisis and recovery is based on government
records, supplemented by other contemporary sources. The book deals
with the political and economic origins of the E.A.C. in the
post-1918 decade; the role of the Council and its committees of
inquiry as the world slump began to make an impact on an already
depressed British economy; and the part played by individual
economic advisers in the dramatic events which led to the fall of
the second Labour Government and Britain's departure from the gold
standard in 1931. Throughout the nineteenthirties the work of the
Council was carried on by the Committee on Economic Information,
which helped to provide the National Government with solutions to
the complex and novel problems of a post-gold standard world. In
addition to assessing the significance of the E.A.C. experiment,
the book reprints a number of reports and gives a guide to the
relevant documents in the public archives.
Riches and Poverty explores an influential idea in political economy. The work of Adam Smith provided a key for studying the rich and poor and assessing the American and French revolutions. Meanwhile Britain embarked on its career as the first manufacturing nation, and the debate on poverty provoked an intellectual rift between Malthus and the Lake poets that continues to influence our perceptions of cultural history. Donald Winch has written a compelling narrative of these developments, which emphasizes throughout the moral and political bearings of economic ideas.
This 1992 volume makes available to a student audience one of the
most controversial and misunderstood works published during the
last two hundred years. Malthus' Essay on the Principle of
Population began life in 1798 as a polite attack on some
post-French-revolutionary speculations on the theme of social and
human perfectibility. It remains one of the most powerful
statements of the limits to human hopes set by the tension between
population growth and natural resources. This edition is based on
the authoritative variorum of the mature versions of the Essay
published over the period 1803 to 1826. The introduction, notes and
bibliographic apparatus are aimed specifically at a modern audience
interested in how Malthusianism impinges on the history of
political thought.
This book provides a student audience with the best scholarly edition of Malthus' Essay on Population. Written in 1798 as a polite attack on post-French revolutionary speculations on the theme of social and human perfectibility, it remains one of the most powerful statements of the limits to human hopes set by the tension between population growth and natural resources. Based on the authoritative variorum edition of the versions of the Essay published between 1803 and 1826, and complete with full introduction and bibliographic apparatus, this new edition is intended to show how Malthusianism impinges on the history of political thought.
In this unusual and important work, three well-known historians of
ideas examine the diverse forms taken in nineteenth-century Britain
by the aspiration to develop what was then known as a 'science of
politics'. This aspiration encompassed a more extensive and
ambitious range of concerns than is implied by the modern term
'political science': in fact, as this book demonstrates, it
remained the overarching category under which many
nineteenth-century thinkers grouped their attempts to achieve
systematic understanding of man's common life. As a result of both
the over-concentration on closed abstract systems of thought and
the intrusion of concerns which pervade much writing in the history
of political theory and of the social sciences, these attempts have
since been neglected or misrepresented. By deliberately avoiding
such approaches, this book restores the subject to its centrality
in the intellectual life and political culture of
nineteenth-century Britain.
For most of the two hundred years or so that have passed since the
publication of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith's writings on
political and economic questions have been viewed within a liberal
capitalist perspective of nineteenth- and twentieth- century
provenance. This essay in interpretation seeks to provide a more
historical reading of certain political themes which recur in
Smith's writings by bringing eighteenth-century perspectives to
bear on the problem. Contrary to the view that sees Smith's work as
marking the point at which 'politics' was being eclipsed by
'economics', it claims that Smith has a 'politics' which goes
beyond certain political attitudes connected with the role of the
state in economic affairs. It argues that he employs a consistent
mode of political analysis which cannot be encompassed within the
standard liberal capitalist categories, but can be understood by
reference to the language and qualities of contemporary political
debate, and of the eighteenth-century science of politics
cultivated by Montesquieu and, above all, Hume, particularly as
revealed by recent scholarship. A concluding chapter draws the
various strands of the interpretation together to form a portrait
of what Smith might legitimately be said to have been doing when he
wrote on these matters.
The experience of the Economic Advisory Council provides the
relevant policy background to the Keynesian revolution in economic
theory, and to the adoption of the principles of economic
management in Britain during the Second World War. This study of
this pioneering advisory institution against the inter-war setting
of depression, financial crisis and recovery is based on government
records, supplemented by other contemporary sources. The book deals
with the political and economic origins of the E.A.C. in the
post-1918 decade; the role of the Council and its committees of
inquiry as the world slump began to make an impact on an already
depressed British economy; and the part played by individual
economic advisers in the dramatic events which led to the fall of
the second Labour Government and Britain's departure from the gold
standard in 1931. Throughout the nineteenthirties the work of the
Council was carried on by the Committee on Economic Information,
which helped to provide the National Government with solutions to
the complex and novel problems of a post-gold standard world. In
addition to assessing the significance of the E.A.C. experiment,
the book reprints a number of reports and gives a guide to the
relevant documents in the public archives.
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