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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... first undergraduate term paper in po- litical theory , and it is over fifteen years since I first published on the topic . This book , however , has been in progress for considerably less time . Early in my professional career , I ...
... first undergraduate term paper in po- litical theory , and it is over fifteen years since I first published on the topic . This book , however , has been in progress for considerably less time . Early in my professional career , I ...
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... first major British thinker to recognize that the tradi- tional intellectual defense of elitism could be adapted to capitalist use.6 Alfred Cobban , on the other hand , sees Burke not as a mod- ernist , but as the principle early ...
... first major British thinker to recognize that the tradi- tional intellectual defense of elitism could be adapted to capitalist use.6 Alfred Cobban , on the other hand , sees Burke not as a mod- ernist , but as the principle early ...
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... first , control of the represen- tative parts of the political system was preserved for members of various elites determined by class and gender . Eventually , however , universal suffrage came to prevail as the idea of the " people ...
... first , control of the represen- tative parts of the political system was preserved for members of various elites determined by class and gender . Eventually , however , universal suffrage came to prevail as the idea of the " people ...
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... first four provide a means of conceptualizing change . First , Burke argued that all abstract or " metaphysical " styles of political reasoning , including natural law theories , are inherently unsatisfactory . The complexity and ...
... first four provide a means of conceptualizing change . First , Burke argued that all abstract or " metaphysical " styles of political reasoning , including natural law theories , are inherently unsatisfactory . The complexity and ...
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... first , in the late 1760s and early 1770s , saw many of Burke's most radical statements about parlia- mentary politics . As he attempted to explain the Rockingham Whigs ' loss of power in terms of an attempt by George III and his ...
... first , in the late 1760s and early 1770s , saw many of Burke's most radical statements about parlia- mentary politics . As he attempted to explain the Rockingham Whigs ' loss of power in terms of an attempt by George III and his ...
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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