Saturday, February 02, 2013

Leslie Stephen on Macaulay

Posted by Arun at 4:29 PM

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CIP · 634 weeks ago

The criticisms laid on Macaulay seem to be his dislike of dogmatic religion and philosophical speculation and failure to convey the mystical.
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macgupta 81p · 634 weeks ago

Macaulay would be a Hobbit, not an Elf. There is another essay out there comparing Carlyle and Macaulay, sorry, lost the link, and that adds some context .
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CIP · 634 weeks ago

Yes indeed.

Here is his definition of a Whig (via Masani) to compare with Stephen's: Being a Whig, in his view, did not involve slavishly following any particular political text or statesman. It meant being heir to a long struggle for civil and religious freedoms dating as far back as the parliamentary opposition to Elizabeth I. He credited the Whigs with the very existence of the House of Commons, for rightly opposing Tory wars against the American and French republics, for extending religious tolerance and for abolishing slavery.

Masani, Zareer (2012-11-16). Macaulay: Pioneer of India’s Modernization (Kindle Locations 2417-2420). Random House India. Kindle Edition.

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