Alexander Hugh Jordan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766169 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Hugh Jordan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander Hugh |
| FAMILY NAME | Jordan |
| SIGNATURE | JORDAN A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A drudge's bargain
This article analyses Carlyle's polemic against Christian Epicureanism, particularly as expressed by William Paley. This consisted of first a utilitarian morality, second an emphasis on the pleasures of heaven and the pains of hell, and finally a commercial theodicy of self-love, whereby God was held to work through market competition. In opposition, Carlyle advocated a disinterested virtue reminiscent of Stoicism, rejecting any system of divine …
A Latter-Day Mystery
The names Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) and Eugène Sue (1804–1857) rarely figure in the same sentence. Carlyle is commonly remembered as a dour Scots Calvinist and eminent Victorian; Sue, in contrast, as a sensational French novelist, and sybarite-turned-champagne-socialist. Nevertheless, the following article will contend that Carlyle was in fact familiar with the works of Sue, to such an extent that he adapted passages from the latter's Mystères d…
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A Latter-Day Mystery
The names Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) and Eugène Sue (1804–1857) rarely figure in the same sentence. Carlyle is commonly remembered as a dour Scots Calvinist and eminent Victorian; Sue, in contrast, as a sensational French novelist, and sybarite-turned-champagne-socialist. Nevertheless, the following article will contend that Carlyle was in fact familiar with the works of Sue, to such an extent that he adapted passages from the latter's Mystères d…
A drudge's bargain
This article analyses Carlyle's polemic against Christian Epicureanism, particularly as expressed by William Paley. This consisted of first a utilitarian morality, second an emphasis on the pleasures of heaven and the pains of hell, and finally a commercial theodicy of self-love, whereby God was held to work through market competition. In opposition, Carlyle advocated a disinterested virtue reminiscent of Stoicism, rejecting any system of divine …
Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Canadian Identity and History (1 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Damnation (1 works)