EPISODE 78 - Thomas Carlyle, Forgotten Conservative (Part 2)

About this episode

The episode explores the life and works of Thomas Carlyle, featuring insights from political science experts.

Life and works of the Scottish man of letters Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881). Ethan Alexander-Davey teaches political science at Campbell University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ciceronian Society. He is co-editor, with Richard Avramenko, of Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times and Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority and Inequality both published by Lexington/Bloomsbury. Scott Irving read modern history at Oxford University. He is author of "Vico and the Aristocratic Origin of Political Order” published in the edited volume Aristocratic Voices. Texts discussed in this podcast: The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle https://www.ucpress.edu/series/the-norman-and-charlotte-strouse-edition-of-the-writings-of-thomas-carlyle Essays on Politics and Society https://www.ucpress.edu/books/essays-on-politics-and-society/hardcover Other works by Carlyle Carlyle’s Latter-Day Pamphlets, which awaits a modern critical edition: https://dn721807.ca.archive.org/0/items/latterdaypamphle00carlrich/latterdaypamphle00carlrich.pdf Other books referenced Charles Frederick Harrold, Carlyle and German Thought…

People in this episode

Guests: Ethan Alexander-Davey, Scott Irving

Topics covered

• Thomas Carlyle
• political science
• Scottish literature
• conservatism
• historical analysis

Keywords

• Thomas Carlyle
• political science
• Scottish literature
• conservatism
• historical analysis
• Ciceronian Society
• literary works

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ciceronian Society

Books & works: Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times, Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority and Inequality, The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, Essays on Politics and Society, Carlyle’s Latter-Day Pamphlets, Carlyle and German Thought, De re publica, De legibus, The De-moralization of Society

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