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Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders
Don Herzog
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Description for Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders
Paperback. Conservatism was born as an anguished attack on democracy. This work aims to take the reader into the politically lurid world of Regency England. Weaving social and intellectual history, it brings to life the social practices of the Enlightenment. It challenges our own commitments to and anxieties about democracy. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JPFM; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 828.
Conservatism was born as an anguished attack on democracy. So argues Don Herzog in this arrestingly detailed exploration of England's responses to the French Revolution. Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders ushers the reader into the politically lurid world of Regency England. Deftly weaving social and intellectual history, Herzog brings to life the social practices of the Enlightenment. In circulating libraries and Sunday schools, deferential subjects developed an avid taste for reading; in coffeehouses, alehouses, and debating societies, they boldly dared to argue about politics. Such conservatives as Edmund Burke gaped with horror, fearing that what radicals applauded as ... Read more
Conservatism was born as an anguished attack on democracy. So argues Don Herzog in this arrestingly detailed exploration of England's responses to the French Revolution. Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders ushers the reader into the politically lurid world of Regency England. Deftly weaving social and intellectual history, Herzog brings to life the social practices of the Enlightenment. In circulating libraries and Sunday schools, deferential subjects developed an avid taste for reading; in coffeehouses, alehouses, and debating societies, they boldly dared to argue about politics. Such conservatives as Edmund Burke gaped with horror, fearing that what radicals applauded as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691057415
SKU
V9780691057415
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About Don Herzog
Don Herzog teaches law and political theory at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Without Foundations and Happy Slaves.
Reviews for Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders
Honorable Mention for the 1999 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in History, Association of American Publishers "Herzog is a relative rarity among scholarly writers today, in that he self-consciously deflates the pretensions of the academic voice... The ... story that he tells so masterfully
the transformation of humble subjects into proud citizens
is grand."
The New Republic "[Herzog] presents a major and stimulating ... Read more
the transformation of humble subjects into proud citizens
is grand."
The New Republic "[Herzog] presents a major and stimulating ... Read more