Democratic Passions: The Politics of Feeling in British Popular Radicalism, 1809-48

by Matthew Roberts

This book challenges the assumption - just as alive today as it was in the nineteenth century - that the political sphere was an arena of reason in which feelings had no part to play. It shows that feelings were a central, albeit contested, aspect of the political culture of the period. Radical leaders were accused of inflaming the passions; the state and its propertied supporters were charged with callousness; radicals grounded their claims to citizenship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526137046
• ISBN13: 9781526137043
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"