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Critical analysis of Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer's Christian-historical principle, with a comparative critical analysis of his argument of 'history' with that of Edmund Burke's as used in their critique of the French Revolution
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- University of Oxford, 2017.
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Abstract
- This thesis provides an analytical interpretation of the critique Dutch nineteenth-century statesman-cum-historian Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (1801-1876) articulated of French revolutionary ideology. It achieves an original reading of Groen's thought as Protestant right-order theory. This reading achieves a clarification of the functions that Scripture, 'nature', and 'history' have in his thought, and connects his thinking to that of a small group of contemporary British-based political theologians, notably Oliver and Joan Lockwood O'Donovan, and their minority view on the ontological grounding of justice. Our comparison of Groen's argument of 'history' with that of Edmund Burke achieves original critical leverage on their concepts of 'history', and draws out that Burke's critique of the Revolution purposes to re-affirm English common law, while Groen's is an apologia for Christianity.
- Subjects :
- 944.04
Edmund Burke
Critique French Revolutionary Ideology
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
political theology
Christian-historical principle
sphere sovereignty
theocentric constitutional theory
anti-revolutionary principle
political theory
Belgian Revolt
right-order theory
unwritten constitution
anthropocentric constitutional theory
'history' as polemical argument
divine right of government
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- British Library EThOS
- Publication Type :
- Dissertation/ Thesis
- Accession number :
- edsble.748787
- Document Type :
- Electronic Thesis or Dissertation