Bolingbroke: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Bolingbroke: Political Writings provides the first accessible, modernized and annotated texts of three of the most important works in eighteenth-century British political thought. These works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter "On the Spirit of Patriotism" and The Idea of the Patriot King together formed the first coherent platform of a political opposition movement in Anglo-American politics and influenced not only radicals in Britain, but the American Founding Fathers and the French Revolutionaries. Bolingbroke: Political Writings provides the first accessible, modernised and annotated texts of three of the most important works in eighteenth-century British political thought. These works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter On the Spirit of Patriotism and The Idea of the Patriot King together formed the first coherent platform of political opposition movement in Anglo-American politics and influenced not only radicals in Britain, but the American Founding Fathers and the French Revolutionaries. Viscount Bolingbroke was one of the most creative political thinkers in eighteenth-century Britain. This volume includes some of his work, A Dissertation upon Parties, the letter, 'On the Spirit of Patriotism', and The Idea of the Patriot King, which influenced radicals in Britain as well as revolutionaries in both America and France Viscount Bolingbroke was one of the most creative thinkers in eighteenth-century Britain. This volume includes some of his work, A Dissertation upon Parties, the letter 'On the Spirit of Patriotism', and The Idea of the Patriot King, which influenced radicals in Britain as well as revolutionaries in both American and France