The culture of war and civil society, from William III to George -- War and the culture of politeness : the case of The Tatler and The Spectator -- Sacrifice : heroism and mourning -- Sacrifice : Christian heroes -- War and the 'elevation' of the novel -- War and the 'science of man' -- Complicities in the novel -- Saving individual virtue -- Saving communal virtue -- Thomas Clarkson and the ideal of non-resistance -- A case study : Gibraltar.
Summary:
"Is war the opposite of peace, or its necessary accomplice? Exploring this question in relation to eighteenth century Britain, Andrew Lincoln opens up complex, paradoxical and enduring issues and shows how ideas and methods were developed to provide the British public with moral insulation from violence both overseas and at home"-- Provided by publisher. "Ranging over political, moral, religious, artistic and literary developments in eighteenth-century Britain, Andrew Lincoln explains in a clear and engaging style how the 'civilizing process' and the rise of humanitarianism, far from inhibiting war, helped to make it acceptable to a modern commercial society. In a close examination of a wide variety of illuminating examples, he shows how criticism of the terrible effects of war could be used to promote the nation's war-making. His study explores how ideas and methods were developed to provide the British public with moral insulation from the overseas violence they read about, and from the dire effects of war they encountered at home. It shows, too, how the first campaigning peace society, while promoting pacificism, drew inspiration from the prospects opened by imperial conquest." -- Publisher's description.
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