The persistence of party : ideas of harmonious discord in eighteenth-century Britain / Max Skjönsberg.
| Author/creator |
Skjönsberg, Max, 1987- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2021 |
| Description | xv, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | Ideas in context Ideas in context. ^A229801 |
| Abstract | "Political parties are taken for granted today, but how was the idea of party viewed in the eighteenth century, when core components of modern, representative politics were trialled? From Bolingbroke to Burke, political thinkers regarded party as a fundamental concept of politics, especially in the parliamentary system of Great Britain. The paradox of party was best formulated by David Hume: whilst parties often threatened the total dissolution of the government, they were also the source of life and vigour in modern politics. In the eighteenth century, party was usually understood as a set of flexible and evolving principles, associated with names and traditions, which categorised and managed political actors, voters, and commentators. In other words, Max Skjönsberg persuasively demonstrates that the idea of party as ideological unity is not purely a nineteenth- or twentieth-century phenomenon but can be traced to the eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Skjönsberg, Max, 1987- Persistence of party Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108894500 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020037941 |
| ISBN | 9781108841634 |
| ISBN | 1108841635 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781108794992 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108794998 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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