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The theme of this book is the development of liberal-
social-democratic political thought from the Romantic Age
to the early twentieth century, the attacks made upon it by
doctrines of Class War, Nationalism and Nihilism, and its
later reinforcement by the beginnings of modern sociology.
'This is a good book, comprehensive, vigorous and easy to
read . . . The book is a monument to the industry,
impartiality and talent for lively exposition of its author.'
GUARDIAN
John Bowie was educated at Marlborough and Balliol,
where he was a Brackenbury scholar. As a history specialist
master at Westminster and later at Eton, he gained a
reputation as an outstanding teacher. During the war he
served in the Air Ministry and the Foreign Office; then
became lecturer at Wadham College, Oxford, Leverhulme
Research Fellow, and visiting Professor at Columbia
University, New York, and Grinnell College, Iowa. Since
1950, he has been Professor at the College of Europe,
Bruges. He is...
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Fülszöveg
The theme of this book is the development of liberal-
social-democratic political thought from the Romantic Age
to the early twentieth century, the attacks made upon it by
doctrines of Class War, Nationalism and Nihilism, and its
later reinforcement by the beginnings of modern sociology.
'This is a good book, comprehensive, vigorous and easy to
read . . . The book is a monument to the industry,
impartiality and talent for lively exposition of its author.'
GUARDIAN
John Bowie was educated at Marlborough and Balliol,
where he was a Brackenbury scholar. As a history specialist
master at Westminster and later at Eton, he gained a
reputation as an outstanding teacher. During the war he
served in the Air Ministry and the Foreign Office; then
became lecturer at Wadham College, Oxford, Leverhulme
Research Fellow, and visiting Professor at Columbia
University, New York, and Grinnell College, Iowa. Since
1950, he has been Professor at the College of Europe,
Bruges. He is well known as a writer on political thought
and world history.
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