Recovering Bishop Berkeley Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context

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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breuninger, Scott
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2010, 2010
Series:Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:XI, 243 p online resource
ISBN:9780230106468