Georgios Varouxakis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1162928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georgios Varouxakis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georgios |
| FAMILY NAME | Varouxakis |
| SIGNATURE | VAROUXAKIS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘A grateful response’
Because civilizations are finite, in the life of each of them comes a moment when centers cease to hold. What keeps them at such times from disintegration is not legions but languages. Such was the...
When did Britain join the Occident? On the origins of the idea of ‘the West’ in English
This article takes issue with the current orthodoxy that the idea of ‘the West' as a supranational self-description based on civilizational commonality first emerged in English in the 1890s and 1900s in the context of the needs of British high imperialism. It shows, first, that there were, already in the eighteenth century, incipient attempts towards a term denoting a distinctive West-European cultural unity. It argues, further, that such uses we…
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life, by Timothy Larsen John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life, by Timothy Larsen (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2018; pp. 242. £30). Georgios Varouxakis Georgios Varouxakis Queen Mary University of London [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 135, Issue 576, October 2020, Pages 1347–1349, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaa230 Published: 13…
The Godfather of “Occidentality”
Recent theories concerning the origins of the idea of “the West” have missed the most important link in the story, the writings and tireless propagandizing efforts of Auguste Comte. It was Comte who first developed an explicit and elaborate idea of “the West” as a sociopolitical concept, basing it on a historical analysis of the development of the “vanguard” of humanity and proposing a detailed plan for the reorganization of that portion of the w…
Negrophilist’ Crusader
The article analyses the extensive and passionate responses that the American Civil War and the issues it raised elicited from John Stuart Mill. While it attempts to offer a brief but comprehensive overall account of Mill's influential involvement in debates on the Civil War both in Britain and in America, it focuses particularly on Mill's defence of racial equality for the American ‘negroes’ both during the war and in the course of debates on re…
The discreet charm of ‘Southernness’
In my short piece, I summarize very briefly the questions that I asked after Martin Thom read his paper and then go on the make some brief comments on the concept of ‘Southern-ness’ (meridionalita) that Leopardi seems to have been keen on. I discuss the looseness and inconsistency with which terms of that nature were used as a matter of course in the nineteenth century. I also discuss briefly the more general issue of the uses and abuses of the c…
‘Great’ versus ‘small’ nations
As should be obvious from other chapters published in this volume, there was a near-consensus among Victorian political thinkers that not all nations or states were equal members of an international community. Rather, a distinction was made, quite explicitly and routinely, between 'civilised' European and Christian nations, to which the rules of international law or international morality applied, and 'barbarians', who could not claim the same tr…
Patriotism’, ‘Cosmopolitanism’ and ‘Humanity’ in Victorian Political Thought
This article analyses the articulation of the relationship between ‘patriotism’ and ‘cosmopolitanism’ or commitment to ‘humanity’ in the writings of some major Victorian political thinkers. It is argued that: (a) there was no neat distinction between ‘patriotism’ and ‘nationalism’ in the thought of the time; (b) ‘patriotism’ was seen as a stepping stone to universalistic commitment to ‘humanity’ rather than as opposed to or incompatible with the …
French radicalism through the eyes of John Stuart Mill
The paper attempts to highlight some under-researched aspects of the interaction between British and French radical political thinkers and activists during the period between the July Revolution of 1830 in France and the early years of the Third Republic. It focuses in particular on the decisive impact that the aftermath of the July Revolution of 1830 had for the perception of French politics by the most Francophile British radical, John Stuart M…
Victorian Political Thought on France and the French
By scrutinizing the major Victorian political thinkers' perceptions and representations of France this book shows how comparisons with the country on the other side of the Channel, its politics, civil
John Stuart Mill on Race
The article examines J. S. Mill's views on the significance of the racial factor in the formation of what he called ‘national character’. Mill's views are placed in the context of his time and are assessed in the light of the theories concerning these issues that were predominant in the nineteenth century. It is shown that Mill – although he did indulge himself in the discourse based on race, geography or climate to a minor extent – made strenuou…
John Stuart Mill on Intervention and Non-intervention
The public moralist versus ethnocentrism
This article connects Mill's experience with France and the French with his theoretical vindication of the significance of studying foreign cultures and peoples, and offers an assessment both of the way in which he applied his views on this matter to his life‐long connection with France and of the overall part this enterprise had in his conception of his role as one of the ‘moral teachers of England’. It is argued that, whatever the merits of Mil…
Interviews‐entretiens
Patriotism’, ‘Cosmopolitanism’ and ‘Humanity’ in Victorian Political Thought
This article analyses the articulation of the relationship between ‘patriotism’ and ‘cosmopolitanism’ or commitment to ‘humanity’ in the writings of some major Victorian political thinkers. It is argued that: (a) there was no neat distinction between ‘patriotism’ and ‘nationalism’ in the thought of the time; (b) ‘patriotism’ was seen as a stepping stone to universalistic commitment to ‘humanity’ rather than as opposed to or incompatible with the …
John Stuart Mill on Intervention and Non-intervention
John Stuart Mill on Race
The article examines J. S. Mill's views on the significance of the racial factor in the formation of what he called ‘national character’. Mill's views are placed in the context of his time and are assessed in the light of the theories concerning these issues that were predominant in the nineteenth century. It is shown that Mill – although he did indulge himself in the discourse based on race, geography or climate to a minor extent – made strenuou…
The Godfather of “Occidentality”
Recent theories concerning the origins of the idea of “the West” have missed the most important link in the story, the writings and tireless propagandizing efforts of Auguste Comte. It was Comte who first developed an explicit and elaborate idea of “the West” as a sociopolitical concept, basing it on a historical analysis of the development of the “vanguard” of humanity and proposing a detailed plan for the reorganization of that portion of the w…
When did Britain join the Occident? On the origins of the idea of ‘the West’ in English
This article takes issue with the current orthodoxy that the idea of ‘the West' as a supranational self-description based on civilizational commonality first emerged in English in the 1890s and 1900s in the context of the needs of British high imperialism. It shows, first, that there were, already in the eighteenth century, incipient attempts towards a term denoting a distinctive West-European cultural unity. It argues, further, that such uses we…
Negrophilist’ Crusader
The article analyses the extensive and passionate responses that the American Civil War and the issues it raised elicited from John Stuart Mill. While it attempts to offer a brief but comprehensive overall account of Mill's influential involvement in debates on the Civil War both in Britain and in America, it focuses particularly on Mill's defence of racial equality for the American ‘negroes’ both during the war and in the course of debates on re…
The discreet charm of ‘Southernness’
In my short piece, I summarize very briefly the questions that I asked after Martin Thom read his paper and then go on the make some brief comments on the concept of ‘Southern-ness’ (meridionalita) that Leopardi seems to have been keen on. I discuss the looseness and inconsistency with which terms of that nature were used as a matter of course in the nineteenth century. I also discuss briefly the more general issue of the uses and abuses of the c…
French radicalism through the eyes of John Stuart Mill
The paper attempts to highlight some under-researched aspects of the interaction between British and French radical political thinkers and activists during the period between the July Revolution of 1830 in France and the early years of the Third Republic. It focuses in particular on the decisive impact that the aftermath of the July Revolution of 1830 had for the perception of French politics by the most Francophile British radical, John Stuart M…
Interviews‐entretiens
The public moralist versus ethnocentrism
This article connects Mill's experience with France and the French with his theoretical vindication of the significance of studying foreign cultures and peoples, and offers an assessment both of the way in which he applied his views on this matter to his life‐long connection with France and of the overall part this enterprise had in his conception of his role as one of the ‘moral teachers of England’. It is argued that, whatever the merits of Mil…
John Stuart Mill on Intervention and Non-intervention
John Stuart Mill on Race
The article examines J. S. Mill's views on the significance of the racial factor in the formation of what he called ‘national character’. Mill's views are placed in the context of his time and are assessed in the light of the theories concerning these issues that were predominant in the nineteenth century. It is shown that Mill – although he did indulge himself in the discourse based on race, geography or climate to a minor extent – made strenuou…
Victorian Political Thought on France and the French
By scrutinizing the major Victorian political thinkers' perceptions and representations of France this book shows how comparisons with the country on the other side of the Channel, its politics, civil
French radicalism through the eyes of John Stuart Mill
The paper attempts to highlight some under-researched aspects of the interaction between British and French radical political thinkers and activists during the period between the July Revolution of 1830 in France and the early years of the Third Republic. It focuses in particular on the decisive impact that the aftermath of the July Revolution of 1830 had for the perception of French politics by the most Francophile British radical, John Stuart M…
Patriotism’, ‘Cosmopolitanism’ and ‘Humanity’ in Victorian Political Thought
This article analyses the articulation of the relationship between ‘patriotism’ and ‘cosmopolitanism’ or commitment to ‘humanity’ in the writings of some major Victorian political thinkers. It is argued that: (a) there was no neat distinction between ‘patriotism’ and ‘nationalism’ in the thought of the time; (b) ‘patriotism’ was seen as a stepping stone to universalistic commitment to ‘humanity’ rather than as opposed to or incompatible with the …
‘Great’ versus ‘small’ nations
As should be obvious from other chapters published in this volume, there was a near-consensus among Victorian political thinkers that not all nations or states were equal members of an international community. Rather, a distinction was made, quite explicitly and routinely, between 'civilised' European and Christian nations, to which the rules of international law or international morality applied, and 'barbarians', who could not claim the same tr…
The discreet charm of ‘Southernness’
In my short piece, I summarize very briefly the questions that I asked after Martin Thom read his paper and then go on the make some brief comments on the concept of ‘Southern-ness’ (meridionalita) that Leopardi seems to have been keen on. I discuss the looseness and inconsistency with which terms of that nature were used as a matter of course in the nineteenth century. I also discuss briefly the more general issue of the uses and abuses of the c…
Negrophilist’ Crusader
The article analyses the extensive and passionate responses that the American Civil War and the issues it raised elicited from John Stuart Mill. While it attempts to offer a brief but comprehensive overall account of Mill's influential involvement in debates on the Civil War both in Britain and in America, it focuses particularly on Mill's defence of racial equality for the American ‘negroes’ both during the war and in the course of debates on re…
The Godfather of “Occidentality”
Recent theories concerning the origins of the idea of “the West” have missed the most important link in the story, the writings and tireless propagandizing efforts of Auguste Comte. It was Comte who first developed an explicit and elaborate idea of “the West” as a sociopolitical concept, basing it on a historical analysis of the development of the “vanguard” of humanity and proposing a detailed plan for the reorganization of that portion of the w…
When did Britain join the Occident? On the origins of the idea of ‘the West’ in English
This article takes issue with the current orthodoxy that the idea of ‘the West' as a supranational self-description based on civilizational commonality first emerged in English in the 1890s and 1900s in the context of the needs of British high imperialism. It shows, first, that there were, already in the eighteenth century, incipient attempts towards a term denoting a distinctive West-European cultural unity. It argues, further, that such uses we…
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life, by Timothy Larsen John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life, by Timothy Larsen (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2018; pp. 242. £30). Georgios Varouxakis Georgios Varouxakis Queen Mary University of London [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 135, Issue 576, October 2020, Pages 1347–1349, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaa230 Published: 13…
‘A grateful response’
Because civilizations are finite, in the life of each of them comes a moment when centers cease to hold. What keeps them at such times from disintegration is not legions but languages. Such was the...
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