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Herder and Enlightenment Politics
Johann Gottfried Herder initiated the modern disciplines of philosophical anthropology and cultural history, including the study of popular culture. He is also remembered as a …
Self-Interest before Adam Smith
Self-Interest before Adam Smith inquires into the foundations of economic theory. It is generally assumed that the birth of modern economic science, marked by the publication of …
Liberty, Right and Nature
Liberty, Right and Nature is a vibrant and powerful contribution to the recently renewed debate over natural rights and natural rights language. Annabel Brett argues persuasively …
Province of Legislation Determined
A comprehensive account of English legal thought in the age of Blackstone and Bentham.
Inventing the French Revolution
A wide-ranging collection of essays exploring the question 'How did the French Revolution become thinkable?'.
Max Weber in Politics and Social Thought
Max Weber is widely regarded as one of the foundational thinkers of the twentieth century. But how did this reclusive German scholar manage to leave such an indelible mark on …
The English Republican Exiles in Europe during the Restoration
The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660 changed the lives of English republicans for good. Despite the Declaration of Breda, where Charles II promised to forgive those who …
Imperial Sceptics
Imperial Sceptics provides a highly original analysis of the emergence of opposition to the British Empire from 1850–1920. Departing from existing accounts, which have focused upon …
Between Literature and Science
The author chronicles the rise of Sociology and the prominent thinkers of the nineteenth-century.
Enlightenment's Reformation
How did we get from the religious core of the sixteenth-century Reformation to the notions of freedom popularised by Hegel and Ranke? Enlightenment's Reformation explores how two …
Politics and ‘Politiques' in Sixteenth-Century France
During the French Wars of Religion, the nature and identity of politics was the subject of passionate debate and controversy. The word 'politique', in both sixteenth-century and …
The Case of Ireland
The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have long been seen as a foundational period for modern Irish political traditions such as nationalism, republicanism and …