A Discourse on the Love of Our Country

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A Discourse on the Love of Our Country is a 1789 political sermon by Richard Price that passionately defends civil liberties and supports the principles of the French Revolution, influencing contemporary debates on patriotism and rights.

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instanceOf pamphlet ⓘ
political sermon ⓘ
political work ⓘ
advocatesFor extension of the franchise ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
parliamentary reform ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
author Richard Price ⓘ
circulation widely read in late 18th-century Britain ⓘ
commissionedBy Society for Commemorating the Revolution in Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
criticizes absolute monarchy ⓘ
corruption in government ⓘ
hereditary privilege ⓘ
dateOfFirstDelivery 1789-11-04 ⓘ
genre political philosophy ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
hasKeyConcept distinction between true and false patriotism ⓘ
patriotism as love of liberty and justice ⓘ
people as the source of political authority ⓘ
right of a nation to reform its government ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of the American Revolution ⓘ
early phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
influenced British radical movement of the 1790s ⓘ
concept of modern liberal patriotism ⓘ
debates on the French Revolution in Britain ⓘ
inspiredResponse Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject British politics ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
liberty ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
rights of man ⓘ
notableFor articulation of liberal concept of patriotism ⓘ
early British defense of the French Revolution ⓘ
occasion commemoration of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 ⓘ
placeOfFirstDelivery Old Jewry meeting-house, London ⓘ
publicationYear 1789 ⓘ
relatedTo Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
Glorious Revolution of 1688 ⓘ
linked to: Glorious Revolution
supports American Revolution principles ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ

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Review of the Principal Questions in Morals → relatedWorkOfAuthor → A Discourse on the Love of Our Country ⓘ