Early British Socialism and the 'Religion of the New Moral World'

by Edward Lucas

This book challenges existing accounts of the role of religion in early-nineteenth-century British socialism. Against scholarly interpretations which have identified Owenite socialists as anti-religious or as imitating Christianity, this book argues that Owenites offer a re-conception of the nature of 'religion' as advanced through knowledge of the natural and social world, as a prospective source of solidarity which could serve as the unifying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031239393
• ISBN13: 9783031239397
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"