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James Fitzjames Stephen: Portrait of a Victorian Rationalist

By K. J. M. Smith

Book information

Year
1988
ISBN
9780511558597, 0521340292, 0511558597, 9780521340298
LCC
KD631.S7 S57 1988
Open Library ID
OL2031691M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2598647 bytes)
Pages
350\350
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this important study Dr Smith uses a wide range of primary materials to provide the first modern comprehensive examination of the work, writings and ideas of James Fitzjames Stephen. Stephen's broad rationalist/utilitarian ethical and intellectual stance manifested itself most prominently in law and social and political philosophy. Stephen's turn of mind led him to perceive the substance of literature and religious orthodoxy as of complementary interest and relevance to the social and political mores of Victorian England, making him one of Dickens' and Cardinal Newman's most formidable and trenchant critics. Dr Smith's account is the first to set Stephen's life and thought in its proper Victorian context, and marks a significant addition to the growing literature on the intellectual history of nineteenth-century England.

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