| Description |
448 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Series of talks broadcast on the B.B.C. Third programme." |
| Contents |
The Theory of Progress -- Origins and Development of the Idea of Progress / John Bowle, Basil Willey -- Macaulay and the Sense of Optimism / G. M. Trevelyan -- 1851 and the Visibility of Progress / E. L. Woodward -- 1851--A New Age, A New Style / John Summerson -- The Mood of Doubt / Humphry House -- Fabian Socialism / H. J. Laski -- Herbert Spencer--Progress and Freedom / Frederick Copleston, S.J. -- Victorian Religious Belief and Controversy -- The Evangelical Discipline / Canon Charles Smyth -- Evangelicalism of the Nonconformists / Gordon Rupp -- The Tractarian Movement, Church Revival, and Reform / Alec Vidler -- The Tractarians' Successors: The Influence of the Contemporary Mood / T.M. Parker -- Newman and Roman Catholicism / Monsignor Ronald Knox -- The New Morality / H.G. Nicholas -- The Victorian Attitude to Evil and Personal Responsibility / D.M. MacKinnon -- The Strands of Unbelief / Noel Annan -- Qualities of George Eliot's Unbelief / Humphry House -- Unbelief and Science / J. Bronowski -- Man and Nature -- Man and Nature / Canon C. E. Raven -- Evolution and Human Progress / Julian Huxley -- Geology Changes the Outlook / F. Sherwood Taylor -- Arhcaeology Links Geology to History / Glyn E. Daniel -- Science and Philosophy / A.J. Ayer -- Physical Science and the Beliefs of The victorians / N.F. Mott -- Man and Nature: Some Artists' Views / Humphry House -- Man and Nature -- Herber dingle, Canon V.A. Demant, L.L. Whyte -- The Liberal Idea -- The Humanitarians / Christopher Dawson -- Emancipation of Women / R. Glynn Grylls -- The Emancipation of Women: Its Motives and Achievements / Viola Klein -- Toleration / Betrand Russell -- The Social Conscience and the Ideas of Ruskin / Lord Lindsay of Birker -- The Aristocratic Idea / Douglas Woodruff -- Victorian Democracy: Good Luck or Good Management / K.B. Smellie -- Radical Democracy in the Victorian Era / H.N. Brailsford -- The Development of Education / E. Salter Davies -- The Victorian Conception of Wealth / Graham Hutton -- The Idea of Empire / J.W. Davidson, Alfred Cobban -- The Liberal Mind in Victorian England / G.M. Young -- The "Working Out" of Victorian Ideas -- The Victorian Family / H.L. Beales -- Victorian Ideas of Sex / H.L. Beales, Edward Glover -- Fin De Siecle / Lord David Cecil -- Personal Responsibility / G.D.H. Cole -- The Onus of State Action / Guy Chapman -- Anthropology--The Victorian Synthesis and Modern Relativism / Daryll Forde -- The Recession of Liberalism / R.C.K. Ensor -- Benjamin Jowett / Geoffrey Faber -- The Proconsuls / Jack Simmons -- The Leaders of Collectivist Thought / H.J. laski -- The Testament of Change / R.H.S. Crossman -- Continuity and Contrast / D.M. MacKinnon, R.H.S. Crossman, K.B. Smellie, M. Polanyi |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Ideeëngeschiedenis. |
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Victoriaanse tijd. |
| Added Author |
British Broadcasting Corporation.
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