'An education to Greece': The round table, imperial theory and the uses of history
Journal article
Morefield, Jeanne. (2007). 'An education to Greece': The round table, imperial theory and the uses of history. History of Political Thought. 28(2), pp. 328 - 361.
Authors | Morefield, Jeanne |
---|---|
Abstract | This article examines the relationship between the pro-imperial Round Table Society's political vision and the omnipresent historical narrative of commonwealth that characterized the group's major publications during the First World War. It pays particular attention to the way the primary author of these publications, Lionel Curtis, interpolated Alfred Zimmern's 1911 book, The Greek Commonwealth, into this historical narrative in an attempt to reconcile the contradictions inherent in the Round Table's political project. These contradictions centred on the group's desire to democratize imperial politics while excluding non-European subjects from this democracy and their belief in an imperial state that demanded the ultimate loyalty of its citizens but was not 'Prussianist'. Examining the way Curtis used the Athenian polis to address this fraught political puzzle offers us insight into both the ideological power wielded by the Round Table during this transitional era and the power of historical narrative in imperial justification more generally. |
Year | 2007 |
Journal | History of Political Thought |
Journal citation | 28 (2), pp. 328 - 361 |
Publisher | Imprint Academic |
ISSN | 0143-781X |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-34547235026 |
Page range | 328 - 361 |
Research Group | Institute for Social Justice |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/87zv6/-an-education-to-greece-the-round-table-imperial-theory-and-the-uses-of-history
Restricted files
Publisher's version
97
total views0
total downloads0
views this month0
downloads this month