{"product_id":"mercy-and-british-culture-17601960-9781350230040","title":"Mercy and British Culture 17601960","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning over 2 centuries, James Gregory''s \u003ci\u003eMercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960 \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in British cultural history. While there are many histories of justice and punishment, mercy has been a neglected element despite recognition as an important feature of the 18th-century criminal code.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMercy and British Culture, 1760-1960 \u003c\/i\u003elooks first at mercy's religious and philosophical aspects, its cultural representations and its embodiment. It then looks at large-scale mobilisation of mercy discourses in Ireland, during the French Revolution, in the British empire, and in warfare from the American war of independence to the First World War. This study concludes by examining mercy''s place in a twentieth century shaped by total war, atomic bomb, and decolonisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGregory has provided his readers with an incredibly researched and powerfully argued book on what remains an elusive concept. It is a book to be savoured slowly, providing a historical space to think about compassion today. * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eTaking an impressive sweep across three centuries, Gregory assesses the British culture of mercy in theology and philosophy, fiction, art and social politics. This is a hugely stimulating work that uses the meaning of mercy as a lens for reading significant aspects of British history. * Lizzie Seal, Reader in Criminology, University of Sussex, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePart 1 Religion, culture and embodiment\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003e1 Mercy: Religious and philosophical dimensions \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e2 The culture of mercy in the long nineteenth century \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e3 Merciful agents and subjects \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePart 2 Mercy challenged\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003e4 Mercy for Ireland \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e5 British mercy and the French Revolution \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e6 Empire of mercy \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e7 The mercy of war \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eConclusion: Modern mercy\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSelect bib\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eliography\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019641782615,"sku":"9781350230040","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350230040.jpg?v=1750780878","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mercy-and-british-culture-17601960-9781350230040","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}