Recovering Bishop Berkeley
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Recovering Bishop Berkeley

Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context

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Recovering Bishop Berkeley

Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context

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Through a close analysis of key texts and the larger historical contexts within which they were composed, this study explores George Berkeley's engagement with the social and economic threats facing Ireland and Britain, highlighting his belief that virtue and religion could play crucial roles in alleviating these problems.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
9780230106468
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. A Note on Abbreviations
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 Berkeley’s Sermons on Passive Obedience in the Irish Context
  12. 3 Science and Sociability: Berkeley’s “Bond of Society”
  13. 4 Piety, Perception, and the Freethinkers
  14. 5 Luxury, Moderation, and the South Sea Bubble
  15. 6 Planting Religion in the New World, 1722–32
  16. 7 Improving Ireland: Luxury, Virtue, and Economic Development
  17. 8 Bishop of Cloyne: Protestantism, Patriotism, and a National Panacea
  18. 9 Epilogue
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index