内容简介
TheBritishIdealistsmadesignificantandlastingcontributionstothesocialandpoliticalthoughtofthenineteenthcentury.Theycontributedtotheevolutionnaturlisticterms,butinsteadhadtobeconceivedasanevolvingspiritualunity.InthisrespecttheBritishIdealishtsdevelopedadistinctiveviewofthesateconsstitutiveoftheindividual,andtheyarecommonlyacknowledgedastheforerunnersofmoderncommunitariantheory.FurthermoretheIdealistsdevelopedtheoriesofimperialismandinternationarelationswhichatonceaddressedtheissuescurrentinpoliticaldebateandproposedalternativewaysofconceptualisingBritishimperialismandtheroleofethicsininternationalrelations.Inhisintroduction,DavidBoucherdevelopsthethemesillustractedinthewritingsoftheBritishIdealists.ThisvolumealsocontainsbiographiesoftheBritishIdealistswhichincorporatetheirprincipalworks.DAVIDBOUCHER,isReaderinPoliticalTheoryandGovernmentattheUniversityofWalesSwansea.