Recovering Richard Price

Presents a collection of essays on the Welsh philosopher whose tercentenary was celebrated in 2023.

In his own time, Price was dubbed "the Apostle of Liberty" because of his vocal and controversial defense of the American and French Revolutions, with US politicians such as his close friend Benjamin Franklin seeking his advice on a wide range of political and economic issues. Price's reputation was obscured at least in part due to Edmund Burke's accusations during the French Revolution, despite Price's numerous feats as a polymath, with contributions in the fields of mathematics, science, theology, finance, and insurance, in addition to his standing as a philosophical and political thinker. His good name as a public intellectual was partially reinstated in the mid-twentieth century, when Price was hailed as a key eighteenth-century moral philosopher and liberal republican thinker, a major representative of the European Enlightenment, and the foremost Welsh political thinker. The work of D.O. Thomas, the Welsh philosopher, was of particular importance during this time, as were the contributions of other American and French intellectuals.

As the title implies, this book aims to "recover" Price for a contemporary audience. Recovering Richard Price does so by presenting a variety of writings that cover an array of contributions that this "Renaissance man" created during the Age of Enlightenment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1837724881
• ISBN13: 9781837724888
• Release Date: July 2027
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 8.5"