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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... view.5 Outside the framework of the utilitarian - natural law debate , still other inter- pretations have developed . C. B. Macpherson , for example , deem- phasizes the discussion of Burke's philosophical roots and insists that Burke ...
... view.5 Outside the framework of the utilitarian - natural law debate , still other inter- pretations have developed . C. B. Macpherson , for example , deem- phasizes the discussion of Burke's philosophical roots and insists that Burke ...
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... views with his reputed Conservatism , while more moderate Conservatives see that very liberalism as his primary appeal.15 In this study , I will go a step further . I will suggest that Burke's appeal lies in his Whiggism . That is , I ...
... views with his reputed Conservatism , while more moderate Conservatives see that very liberalism as his primary appeal.15 In this study , I will go a step further . I will suggest that Burke's appeal lies in his Whiggism . That is , I ...
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... view , Burke played a vital role in this process . I believe that Burke's greatest contribution to modern politics lies in his role as a theorist and practitioner of representative government . In my opinion , his key contribution was ...
... view , Burke played a vital role in this process . I believe that Burke's greatest contribution to modern politics lies in his role as a theorist and practitioner of representative government . In my opinion , his key contribution was ...
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... Burke's conception of history led him to view society as a corporate entity developing through time . For Burke , this proposition has two important sub- headings . First , contrary to much of the commentary on Burke , he clearly denied ...
... Burke's conception of history led him to view society as a corporate entity developing through time . For Burke , this proposition has two important sub- headings . First , contrary to much of the commentary on Burke , he clearly denied ...
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... Burke than concern with the growth of representative government . I make no claim to have discovered the " real " Burke . What I seek to do is to present Burke from a cer- tain point of view , against a particular background , and in ...
... Burke than concern with the growth of representative government . I make no claim to have discovered the " real " Burke . What I seek to do is to present Burke from a cer- tain point of view , against a particular background , and in ...
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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