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"A Revolution By Due Course Of Law": Matthew Arnold, G.W.F. Hegel, And The State's Revolutionary Role, Shannon N. Gilstrap
"A Revolution By Due Course Of Law": Matthew Arnold, G.W.F. Hegel, And The State's Revolutionary Role, Shannon N. Gilstrap
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This dissertation examines Matthew Arnold's belief in the role the State must play in actualizing the ideals of the French Revolution in Victorian England by exploring parallels between Arnold's development and implementation of this belief and similar elements present in G.W.F. Hegel's philosophy. Beginning with Arnold's early engagement with the Bhagavad-Gita, moving into the preface to his 1853 volume of poems, and finally ending with his more mature religious, political, and social works, this dissertation traces the sources and development of Arnold's criticism of what he perceives as a widely held and dangerous antipathy towards State interference in the …