Peculiarities of Liberal Modernity in Imperial Britain
by Simon Gunn
2020-12-31 21:51:39
Peculiarities of Liberal Modernity in Imperial Britain
by Simon Gunn
2020-12-31 21:51:39
In this wide-ranging volume, leading scholars across several disciplines--history, literature, sociology, and cultural studies--investigate the nature of liberalism and modernity in imperial Britain since the eighteenth century. They show how Britain...
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In this wide-ranging volume, leading scholars across several disciplines--history, literature, sociology, and cultural studies--investigate the nature of liberalism and modernity in imperial Britain since the eighteenth century. They show how Britain's liberal version of modernity (of capitalism, democracy, and imperialism) was the product of a peculiar set of historical circumstances that continues to haunt our neoliberal present.
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