Transmutation, Inclusion, and Exclusion
Political Arithmetic from Charles II to William III1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4301377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ted Mccormick (0000-0002-3658-7697) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 259-278 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2007.00313.x |
| OpenAlex | W1995098956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Political arithmetic, generally understood as an early form of political economy, was originally designed by Sir William Petty in the 1670s less as a method of quantitative analysis than as a program of government through the direct manipulation of demographic processes. In the context of the English colonization of Ireland, its goal was "the transmutation of Irish into English"; under the Catholic James II it briefly became a program for the catholicization of the three Stuart kingdoms. Both projects undermined the national and religious categories associated with traditional exclusionist policy and fostered a radical inclusionism. Only after 1688 did Petty's successors decisively rearticulate political arithmetic as a putatively apolitical analytical tool
Archaeology · Arithmetic · Context (archaeology · Government (linguistics · Inclusion (mineral · Irish · Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Mathematics · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |