The Political Economy of the British Idealists: Introduction
James Connelly and I have begun serious work on our book, The Political Economy of the British Idealists . That means, as usual, my faithful blog readers get to see snippets of it in progress. Here is the start of the introduction: ************************* There has been a revival of interest in the ideas of the group of thinkers known as "British Idealists" of late, with a stream of books emerging discussing one aspect or another of their broad ranging thought. But this attention has focused chiefly on the metaphysical, ethical, and political philosophy of these figures. Nevertheless, many British Idealists paid a fair amount of attention to political economy. What is more, while they certainly did not think as a monolithic unit, when one views this body of work as a whole, a characteristic approach to political economy comes to light, featuring a rejection of one-sided abstractions and an attempt to see an issue holistically. And it is an approach that, in out troubl...