Revolution by Degrees : James Tyrrell and Whig Political Thought in the Late Seventeenth Century

this Book Examines The Whig Theory Of Resistance That Emerged From The Revolution Of 1688 In England, And Presents An Important Challenge To The Received Opinion Of Whig Thought As Confused And As Inferior To The Revolutionary Principles Set Forth By John Locke. While A Wealth Of Whig Literature Is Analyzed, Rudolph Focuses Upon The Work Of James Tyrrell, Presenting The First Full-length Study Of This Seminal Whig Theorist, And Friend And Colleague Of John Locke. This Book Provides A Compelling Argument For The Importance Of Whig Political Thought For The History Of Liberalism. "Using numerous published and unpublished travel journals by middle-class men and women from England, Scotland and Wales who toured the Continent and Britain, this book explores the variety of national identities existing in Victorian Britain. Unlike most scholars who focus on a single national identity in Britain, Morgan's study reveals the subtle way that national identity shifted depending on context, particularly geographic context. In so doing, the book also highlights the specific qualities middle-class victorians had in mind when they used such terms as British, English, Scots and Welsh to identify themselves collectively." "Morgan's book has wide-ranging appeal because it integrates two subject areas of interest to scholars across disciplines - travel and national identity. Furthermore, the book's accessible style and extensive use of the amusing, telling anecdote make it attractive to the non-scholarly reading public as well. In particular, Morgan's work is significant for anyone grappling with geopolitical changes in our time. In that the book analyses multiple national identities in a single state, it illuminates the sort of collective imagining likely to take place among Europeans in a more united Europe and enhances our understanding of why some states are successful at incorporating multiple national identities and others are not."--Jacket Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 9 1 Introduction: The Question of Whig Resistance Theory......Page 12 2 Exclusion and the Evolution of Contract Theory in James Tyrrell’s Patriarcha non Monarcha......Page 30 3 ‘To preserve the Original Constitution of Parliaments’: Revolution and Preservation in James Tyrrell’s Whig History......Page 73 4 Whig Theories and Theorists after 1688: the Case for Resistance......Page 104 5 Resistance in Tyrrell’s Bibliotheca Politica: the People and the Convention......Page 135 6 John Locke and Whig Theory......Page 159 Notes......Page 179 Select Bibliography......Page 220 Index......Page 237 This examination of the Whig theory of resistance that emerged from the revolution of 1688 in England presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke.; While a wealth of Whig literature is analyzed, Julia Rudolph focuses upon the work of James Tyrrell, presenting a full-length study of this seminal Whig theorist, and friend and colleague of John Locke. This book provides a compelling argument for the importance of Whig political thought for the history of liberalism.