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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... American Revolution . My point is , however , narrower . I argue simply that Burke thought that it did , for he often identified Whiggism in general with the interests and ideas of his own faction within the larger movement . He saw ...
... American Revolution . My point is , however , narrower . I argue simply that Burke thought that it did , for he often identified Whiggism in general with the interests and ideas of his own faction within the larger movement . He saw ...
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... American War and the struggle for power at its end was a second important contributor to Burke's thought . Indeed ... Revolution were produced with one eye on party advantage . Much of what he said then was intended to drive the radicals out ...
... American War and the struggle for power at its end was a second important contributor to Burke's thought . Indeed ... Revolution were produced with one eye on party advantage . Much of what he said then was intended to drive the radicals out ...
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... American Revolution and just after . I will argue that those efforts failed because the Whigs were willing to act for the people but not with them or their more radical leaders . In my view , this refusal deprived the Whigs of the ...
... American Revolution and just after . I will argue that those efforts failed because the Whigs were willing to act for the people but not with them or their more radical leaders . In my view , this refusal deprived the Whigs of the ...
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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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