Physics and Politics - Softcover

Bagehot, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438529597 ISBN 13: 9781438529592

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2009

Synopsis

Walter Bagehot was a 19th century British businessman, essayist, and journalist. He studied law but chose to enter his fatherZs shipping and banking business. He worked as editor-in-chief of The Economist. In Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society (1872) he coined the still-current expression, "the cake of custom," to describe the tension between social institutions and innovations. The Table of Contents includes The Preliminary Age, The use of conflict, Nation-making, The age of discussion, and Verifiable progress politically considered.

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About the Author

Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) was a British journalist who wrote at length about economics, government and literature. He studied mathematics and philosophy at University College London, and was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn. However, he settled on a life of writing, founding the National Review in 1855 and later becoming editor-in-chief of The Economist (founded by his father-in-law in 1860).

Review

Finely imaginative...a remarkable book. (H.S. Jones H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online)

Unflinching...a perfect antidote to the omni-present, thought-destroying political correctness that afflicts our culture. (Gregory J. Sullivan The Trenton Times)

We go to Bagehot for something that seems very difficult: the true character of political man. (Jacques Barzun)

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438529597
• ISBN 13: 9781438529592
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138