Citizens and Saints : Politics and Anti-Politics in Early British Socialism (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Roots of Political and Antipolitical Socialism: 1. Republicanism, puritanism and natural jurisprudence; 2. Paternalism and democracy in the politics of Robert Owen; Part II. Social Science, Policy and Economy: 3. The 'eye of the community': social science as communitarian government; 4. 'A mere trifle by comparison': social science, republicanism and political economy; Part III. The Origins of Social Radicalism: 5. Owenism and the emergence of social radicalism, 1820?35; 6. The legitimation of political socialism; 8. Social radicalism, the state and revolution; Bibliography; Index.