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- Introduction -
When a novelist ascends to the position of Prime Minister, where will his political gaze be directed? Disraeli, the "Master of Political Novels," focused on the people's livelihood, the responsibilities of the upper class, and imperialism. These political orientations seem difficult to accurately locate within the modern political spectrum. Returning to 19th-century Britain, why was the Conservative Party particularly concerned with workers' rights and social reform? With the smoke of the Russo-Turkish War lingering for centuries, how did Disraeli play a key role in the great power game in Europe? How could a middle-class literary Prime Minister maintain a long-term close relationship with Queen Victoria? Please listen to Lu Dapeng's sharing in this episode!
- Members of this episode -
Cheng Yanliang (Weibo @GrenadierGuard2)
Lu Dapeng, world history researcher, English and German translator, author of "German Aristocrats", "Babylonian Monsters: Weimar Republic Crime Forensics", etc., and translator of "Lawrence of Arabia", etc.
- Timeline -
01:51 Disraeli as a novelist and a Jew
10:21 The son of a slave owner became a leftist, and a middle-class writer became a rightist
10:53 Writing "Tiny Times", marrying a rich widow: Disraeli's rags to riches story
14:15 Small ethnic groups revolted one after another, but Britain stayed out of it
17:48 British monarchy from George III to the Victorian era
30:21 What is "One-Nation Conservatism"?
34:04 British colonial expansion was actually quite popular among the lower classes
36:50 Free trade or social reform, imperialism: changes in the Conservative Party's agenda
39:53 Disraeli's global governance: the acquisition of the Suez Canal and imperial diplomacy in the Balkans
57:10 Bismarck, who made a big splash at the Berlin Conference, once hung a portrait of Disraeli
01:03:35 Gentlemen and ladies, novelists and readers: Disraeli's special relationship with the Queen
01:10:10 The Conservative Party's departure from and return to "Tory Democracy" over the past century
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Original title:
首相塔03|迪斯雷利、托利民主与英式帝国主义的全盛时代
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