The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain / Nineteenth Century Europe
by J. A. Cramb
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Chapters (93)
- THE ORIGINS AND DESTINY
- OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
- NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE
- J. A. CRAMB, M.A.
- LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1915
- PREFACE
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- CONTENTS
- PART I THE TESTIMONY OF THE PAST LECTURE I
- SECTION WHAT IS IMPERIALISM? 1. THE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE CONSCIOUS IN HISTORY 2. ANCIENT AND MODERN IMPERIALISM 3. THE MANDATE OF DESTINY
- LECTURE II
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL IDEAL 1. OF THE ACTION OF STATES AND OF INDIVIDUALS 2. THE LAW OF TRAGEDY AS APPLIED TO HISTORY 3. THE LAW OF TRAGEDY: ITS SECOND ASPECT
- LECTURE III
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS IDEAL 1. RELIGION AND IMPERIALISM 2. THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN ENGLISH HISTORY 3. DISTINCTION OF THE RELIGION OF THE VIKINGS 4. WORLD-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION 5. THE TESTIMONY OF THE PAST: A FINAL CONSIDERATION
- PART II THE DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN LECTURE IV
- THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 2. NATIONALITY AND IMPERIALISM 3. THE WAR OF A DEMOCRACY 4. COSMOPOLITANISM AND JINGOISM 5. MILITARISM
- LECTURE V
- WHAT IS WAR? 1. THE PLACE OF WAR IN WORLD-HISTORY 2. DEFINITION OF WAR 3. COUNT TOLSTOI AND CARLYLE UPON WAR 4. COUNT TOLSTOI AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SLAVONIC GENIUS 5. THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST AND WAR 6. THE IDEAL OF UNIVERSAL PEACE 7. IMPERIALISM AND WAR
- LECTURE VI
- THE VICISSITUDES OF STATES AND EMPIRES 1. THE METAPHYSICAL ORIGIN OF THE STATE 2. THE STATE, EMPIRES, AND ART 3. THE FALL OF EMPIRES: THE THEORY OF RETRIBUTION 4. THE FALL OF EMPIRES: THE CYCLIC THEORY 5. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE "FALL OF AN EMPIRE"?
- LECTURE VII
- THE DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN AND THE DESTINY OF MAN 1. THE PRESENT STAGE IN THE HISTORY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN 2. THE DESTINY OF MAN 3. THE FOUR PERIODS OF MODERN HISTORY 4. THE IDEAL OF THE FOURTH AGE 5. THE "ACT" AND THE "THOUGHT" 6. BRITAIN'S WORLD-MISSION: THE WITNESS OF THE DEAD TO THE MANDATE OF THE PRESENT
- NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE
- 1. DOMINION OF THE IDEAL OF LIBERTY 2. NATIONALITY AND MODERN REPUBLICANISM 3. THE IDEALS OF A NEW AGE
- PART I THE TESTIMONY OF THE PAST
- REFLECTIONS ON THE ORIGINS AND DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
- LECTURE I
- WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?
- § I. THE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE CONSCIOUS IN HISTORY
- § 2. ANCIENT AND MODERN IMPERIALISM
- § 3. THE MANDATE OF DESTINY
- LECTURE II
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL IDEAL
- § I. OF THE ACTION OF STATES AND OF INDIVIDUALS
- § 2. THE LAW OF TRAGEDY AS APPLIED TO HISTORY
- § 3. THE LAW OF TRAGEDY: ITS SECOND ASPECT
- LECTURE III
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS IDEAL
- § 1. RELIGION AND IMPERIALISM
- § 2. THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN ENGLISH HISTORY
- § 3. DISTINCTION OF THE RELIGION OF THE VIKINGS
- § 4. WORLD-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
- § 5. THE TESTIMONY OF THE PAST: A FINAL CONSIDERATION
- PART II THE DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
- LECTURE IV
- THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
- § I. THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
- § 2. NATIONALITY AND IMPERIALISM
- § 3. THE WAR OF A DEMOCRACY
- § 4. COSMOPOLITANISM AND JINGOISM
- § 5. MILITARISM
- LECTURE V
- WHAT IS WAR?
- § 1. THE PLACE OF WAR IN WORLD-HISTORY
- § 2. DEFINITION OF WAR
- § 3. COUNT TOLSTOI AND CARLYLE UPON WAR
- § 4. COUNT TOLSTOI AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SLAVONIC GENIUS
- § 5. THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST AND WAR
- § 6. THE IDEAL OF UNIVERSAL PEACE
- § 7. IMPERIALISM AND WAR
- LECTURE VI
- THE VICISSITUDES OF STATES AND EMPIRES
- § I. THE METAPHYSICAL ORIGIN OF THE STATE
- § 2. THE STATE, EMPIRES, AND ART
- § 3. THE FALL OF EMPIRES: THE THEORY OF RETRIBUTION
- § 4. THE FALL OF EMPIRES: THE CYCLIC THEORY
- § 5. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE "FALL OF AN EMPIRE"?
- LECTURE VII
- THE DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN AND THE DESTINY OF MAN
- §1. THE PRESENT STAGE IN THE HISTORY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
- § 2. THE DESTINY OF MAN
- § 3. THE FOUR PERIODS OF MODERN HISTORY AND THEIR IDEALS
- § 4. THE IDEAL OF THE FOURTH AGE
- § 5. THE "ACT" AND THE "THOUGHT"
- § 6. BRITAIN'S WORLD-MISSION: THE WITNESS OF THE DEAD TO THE MANDATE OF THE PRESENT
- NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE
- NOTE.
- NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE I
- DOMINION OF THE IDEAL OF LIBERTY
- II
- NATIONALITY AND MODERN REPUBLICANISM
- III
- THE IDEALS OF A NEW AGE
- Popular Edition, in Paper Covers, 1s. net.
- TREITSCHKE BERNHARDI EXPOUNDED EXPLAINED
- GERMANY AND ENGLAND
- With a Preface by A. C. Bradley and an Introduction by the Hon. Joseph Choate.
- Three Important Works
- THE GERMAN WAR BOOK
- FRANCE IN DANGER
- WAR, ITS CONDUCT AND ITS LEGAL RESULTS
- IN WESTERN CANADA BEFORE THE WAR A STUDY OF COMMUNITIES
- LONDON: JOHN MURRAY
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