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The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Ser.: Civil Society and Empire : Ireland and Scotland in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World by James Gerard Livesey (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300139020
ISBN-139780300139020
eBay Product ID (ePID)72645056
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameCivil Society and Empire : Ireland and Scotland in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectEurope / Great Britain / Scotland, History & Theory, Social History, World / European, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Ireland, North America, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorJames Gerard Livesey
SeriesThe Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2009-001940
Reviews"This book is infused with intellectual energy, fresh ideas, new perspectives and bold juxtapositions […] a project ripe with originality and promise."-James Smyth, University of Notre Dame, "This book is infused with intellectual energy, fresh ideas, new perspectives and bold juxtapositions [�] a project ripe with originality and promise."�James Smyth, University of Notre Dame, "This book is a powerful, intellectually engaged, and sophisticated reading of the intertwining histories of Ireland, Scotland, and England in the eighteenth century."--Toby Barnard, Oxford University, "This book is a powerful, intellectually engaged, and sophisticated reading of the intertwining histories of Ireland, Scotland, and England in the eighteenth century."-Toby Barnard, Oxford University, "This book is infused with intellectual energy, fresh ideas, new perspectives and bold juxtapositions [.] a project ripe with originality and promise."-James Smyth, University of Notre Dame, "This book is infused with intellectual energy, fresh ideas, new perspectives and bold juxtapositions […] a project ripe with originality and promise."-James Smyth, University of Notre Dame, "This book is infused with intellectual energy, fresh ideas, new perspectives and bold juxtapositions [...] a project ripe with originality and promise."--James Smyth, University of Notre Dame, "This book is infused with intellectual energy, fresh ideas, new perspectives and bold juxtapositions […] a project ripe withoriginality and promise."-James Smyth, University of Notre Dame, �This book is a powerful, intellectually engaged, and sophisticated reading of the intertwining histories of Ireland, Scotland, and England in the eighteenth century.��Toby Barnard, Oxford University
SynopsisJames Livesey traces the origins of the modern conception of civil society--an ideal of collective life between the family and politics--not to England or France, as many of his predecessors have done, but to the provincial societies of Ireland and Scotland in the eighteenth century. Livesey shows how civil society was first invented as an idea of renewed community for the provincial and defeated elites in the provinces of the British Empire and how this innovation allowed them to enjoy liberty without directly participating in the empire's governance, until the limits of the concept were revealed. The concept of civil society continues to have direct relevance for contemporary political theory and action. Livesey demonstrates how western governments, for example, have appealed to the values of civil society in their projections of power in Bosnia and Iraq. Civil society has become an object central to current ideological debate, and this book offers a thought-provoking discussion of its beginnings, objectives, and current nature.
LC Classification NumberJN210.L48 2009
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