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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a fresh picture of the historical development of “conservatism” from the late 17th to the early 20th century. The book explores the broader geographies and transnational dimensions of conservatism and counterrevolution. The contributions show how counterrevolutionary concepts did not emerge in isolation, but resulted from the interplay between ideas, media, networks, and institutions. Like 19th-century liberalism and socialism, conservatism was the product of traveling ideas and people. This study describes how exile, mobility, and international sociability shaped counterrevolutionary identities. The volume presents case studies on the intersection of political philosophy, scholarly practices, international politics, and governmental bureaucracies. Furthermore, Cosmopolitan Conservatisms offers new approaches to the study of conservatism, including the prisms of ecology, gender, and digital history. Contributors are: Alicia Montoya, Carolina Armenteros, Simon Burrows,Wyger Velema, Michiel van Dam, Glauco Schettini, Nigel Aston, Brian Vick, Lien Verpoest, Beatrice de Graaf, Jean-Philippe Luis, Joep Leerssen, Amerigo Caruso, Joris van Eijnatten, Emily Jones, Aymeric Xu, and Axel Schneider.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1 Cosmopolitan Conservatisms: Introduction Matthijs Lok, Friedemann Pestel and Juliette Reboul PART 1: Conservative Enlightenments 2 Popular Conservatisms and Ecological Consciousness: 18th-Century Traditions of Nature Writing (Noël-Antoine Pluche, Alexander Pope) Alicia C. Montoya 3 Eclectic, Conservative, Cosmopolitan: The Linguistics and Anthropology of Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro (1753–1809) Carolina Armenteros 4 Counter-revolution, Conservatism and Conspiracy in the Cosmopolitan Public Sphere from 1770s to 1790s: Mallet Du Pan, Barruel and the Philosophes Simon Burrows 5 Enlightenment against Revolution: The Genesis of Dutch Conservatism Wyger R.E. Velema 6 A Christian Cosmopolitanism: Pauline Universalism and Cynic Apostolicism during the Brabant Revolt (1787–1790) Michiel Van Dam 7 18th-Century Crusaders: The War against France and the Catholic Counterrevolution, 1789–99 Glauco Schettini PART 2: Transnational Networks and Institutions 8 Survival Strategies: Jacobite Adaptability, 1689–1789, and Counter-revolutionary Prototypes Nigel Aston 9 Transnational Networks, Salon Sociability, and Multilateral Exchanges in the Study of Conservatism during and after the Revolutionary Era Brian Vick 10 The Ancien Régime and the Jeune Premier: The Birth of Russian Conservatism in Vienna (1803–12) Lien Verpoest 11 How Conservative Was the Holy Alliance Really? Tsar Alexander’s Offer of Radical Redemption to the Western World Beatrice de Graaf 12 France and Spain: A Common Territory of Anti-Revolution (End of the 18th Century–1880) Jean-Philippe Luis† 13 Romancing the Monarchy: Romantic Queens and Soft Power Joep Leerssen PART 3: Conservative Modernisms 14 Conservative Women Writers: A Transnational History of Literary Bestsellers Opposing Liberalism and Early Feminism, c. 1850–1900 Amerigo Caruso 15 Muddling Through: The Rhetoric on Conservatism and Revolution in the London Times, 1789–2010 Joris van Eijnatten 16 Languages of Transnational Conservatism: The Emergence of “Left” and “Right” in Britain Emily Jones 17 Western Conservative Ideas and Politics in China from the 1910s to the 1930s Aymeric Xu 18 Modernity and the Question of Conservatism: Reflections Based on the Chinese Case Axel Schneider Index
