Title The persistence of party : ideas of harmonious discord in eighteenth-century Britain / Max Skjönsberg

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 373 pages) : illustrations Series Ideas in context Ideas in context. Summary "Political parties are taken for granted today, but how was the idea of party viewed in the eighteenth century, when core components of modern, representative politics were trialled? From Bolingbroke to Burke, political thinkers regarded party as a fundamental concept of politics, especially in the parliamentary system of Great Britain. The paradox of party was best formulated by David Hume: whilst parties often threatened the total dissolution of the government, they were also the source of life and vigour in modern politics. In the eighteenth century, party was usually understood as a set of flexible and evolving principles, associated with names and traditions, which categorised and managed political actors, voters, and commentators. In other words, Max Skjönsberg persuasively demonstrates that the idea of party as ideological unity is not purely a nineteenth- or twentieth-century phenomenon but can be traced to the eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 09, 2021) Subject Political parties -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Party affiliation -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Political culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Party affiliation Political culture Political parties Politics and government SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056900 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020037942 ISBN 9781108894500 110889450X 1108897339 9781108897334

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