This book offers new perspectives on the origins and development of John Ruskin’s political thought. Graham A. MacDonald traces the influence of late medieval and pre-Enlightenment thought in Ruskin’s writing, reintroducing readers to Ruskin’s politics as shaped through his engagement with concepts of natural law, legal rights, labour and welfare organization. From Ruskin’s youthful studies of geology and chemistry to his back-to-the-land project, the Guild of St. George, he emerges as a complex political thinker, a reformer—and what we would recognize today as an environmentalist. John Ruskin’s Politics and Natural Law is a nuanced reappraisal of neglected areas of Ruskin’s thought.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Graham A. MacDonald
EAN: 9783030101817
COUNTRY: Switzerland
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WEIGHT: 529 g
HEIGHT: 210 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-02-04
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GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SCIENCE / History
WIDTH: 148 cm
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Book Themes:
Western Europe, History of ideas, Political science and theory, European history, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
Graham A. MacDonald has worked as a teacher, librarian, park planner, heritage consultant andhistorian. Between 1991 and 2001 he was National Park Historian for Parks Canada, Western Region. He is the author of numerous books and articles.
