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Lord Acton and Political Dogmatism: An Historicist Critique.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Lord Acton and Political Dogmatism: An Historicist Critique./
Author:	Luttrull, Walter R., III.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	219 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-12, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-12A.
Subject:	Political science. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27960273
ISBN:	9798641257389

Lord Acton and Political Dogmatism: An Historicist Critique.
Luttrull, Walter R., III.

Lord Acton and Political Dogmatism: An Historicist Critique. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 219 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-12, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

John Emerich Edward Dahlberg-Acton (1834-1902), "Lord Acton," is a much-praised figure within the American conservative movement, and among free-market or "classical" liberals. His attempts to reconcile his devout Roman Catholicism with a love of of freedom have inspired many conservatives who had assumed a tension between devotion to liberty and to religious faith. However, the fitness of Acton's legacy for conservatism and liberalism has rarely been critically examined. This dissertation examines Acton's work using a textual hermeneutic. The primary approach involves a study of Lord Acton's ideas as expressed in his own works, especially those dealing with the subjects of historical methods and historical criticism. The research demonstrates that despite his protests otherwise, Lord Acton's work often contained a distinctive form of abstract, ahistorical thinking. Acton's efforts in reconciling liberty and authority contain distinctive weaknesses indicating a moral rigidity that undermines his analysis. Lord Acton relies upon a progressivist vision of history that often contradicts conservative views of human nature. Despite his association with laissez-faire capitalism, evidence suggests that Acton was not a free-market ideologue, and held far more nuanced economic views. The author concludes that while Acton is a gifted scholar, his approach is not fully compatible with conservative values, with his economic ideas representing a possible exception. Additionally, Acton's moral rigidity is challenging for liberalism, in that it could encourage an illiberal dogmatism to arise within liberal thought.

ISBN: 9798641257389Subjects--Topical Terms:

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