The Useful Cobbler: Edmund Burke and the Politics of ProgressNeither a polemic nor a highly specialized study, this book is a comprehensive assessment of Burke's political thought. Using evidence from such neglected sources as Burke's essays on history and law and making full use of his extensive correspondence, the author places Burke in the context of developments in a number of areas of eighteenth-century British intellectual life, ranging from philosophy to literature, and presents him as a key figure in the evolution of the theory and practice of representative government. |
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... , Burke defended the various devices and weapons , such as political parties , which a politician finds useful in performing his function . As he wrote early in his career , " I find it The Significance of Edmund Burke 9.
... , Burke defended the various devices and weapons , such as political parties , which a politician finds useful in performing his function . As he wrote early in his career , " I find it The Significance of Edmund Burke 9.
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... find it impossible to conceive , that any one believes in his own politics , or thinks them to be of any weight , ... refuses to adopt the means of having them reduced into practice . " 41 For Burke , it was never enough to know what is ...
... find it impossible to conceive , that any one believes in his own politics , or thinks them to be of any weight , ... refuses to adopt the means of having them reduced into practice . " 41 For Burke , it was never enough to know what is ...
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... find beautiful , or which excite in us the passion of love , or some cor- respondent affection . " 30 Denying that beauty is associated with pro- portion , fitness , or perfection , Burke claimed that beautiful objects are those which ...
... find beautiful , or which excite in us the passion of love , or some cor- respondent affection . " 30 Denying that beauty is associated with pro- portion , fitness , or perfection , Burke claimed that beautiful objects are those which ...
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... find people in their disputes con- tinually appealing to certain tests and standards which are allowed on all sides , and are supposed to be established in our common nature . " 40 However , Burke distinguished his position from that of ...
... find people in their disputes con- tinually appealing to certain tests and standards which are allowed on all sides , and are supposed to be established in our common nature . " 40 However , Burke distinguished his position from that of ...
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Contents
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The Whiggism of History and the History of Whiggism | 53 |
Burke on the Foundations and Nature of Government | 85 |
Burke on the Nature and Extent of State Authority | 113 |
The Politics of Trusteeship | 137 |
Political Parties and Their Uses | 161 |
The Decline and Fall of the Theory of Sovereignty | 185 |
The French Revolution and the Crisis of European | 215 |
Ireland India and the Deluge | 251 |
Notes | 275 |
Bibliography | 341 |
Index | 355 |
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