British Idealism

This book brings together leading experts in an exploration of the neglected contributions made to the fields of language, aesthetics and emotions by British idealist philosophers and their interlocutors. This book was originally published as a special issue of the British Journal of the History of Philosophy.

1. Introduction - Language, aesthetics and emotions in the work of the British idealists Colin Tyler and James Connelly 2. The general will and the speech community: British Idealism and the foundations of politics Janusz Grygienc 3. Emotion and satisfaction in the philosophy of F.H. Bradley W.J. Mander 4. From the bankruptcy of relations to the reality of connections: language and semantics in Bradley and Bosanquet Guillaume Lejeune 5. Taking love seriously: McTaggart, absolute reality and chemistry Joe Saunders 6. Re-enactment, reconstruction and the freedom of the imagination: Collingwood on history and art Paul Guyer 7. Feeling, emotion and imagination: in defence of Collingwood's expression theory of art Nick Wiltsher 8. Thinking and feeling in actual idealism J.R.M. Wakefield