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 believed that social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and effort . Thus , he ... felt that the practical reason of the politically - active must , almost intuitively , recognize the necessary exceptions and ...
... Burke believed that social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and effort . Thus , he ... felt that the practical reason of the politically - active must , almost intuitively , recognize the necessary exceptions and ...
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... Burke's political heritage and role are of particular importance . Simply ... felt obliged to defend the Revolution and to justify the existing political ... Burke attempted something nearly impossible - a conservative defense of a ...
... Burke's political heritage and role are of particular importance . Simply ... felt obliged to defend the Revolution and to justify the existing political ... Burke attempted something nearly impossible - a conservative defense of a ...
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... Burke would place on religious expression flowed from political rather than religious con- siderations . Chapter 5 ... felt sufficient . However , I will also hold that , because Burke's theory of trusteeship sought to com- bine ...
... Burke would place on religious expression flowed from political rather than religious con- siderations . Chapter 5 ... felt sufficient . However , I will also hold that , because Burke's theory of trusteeship sought to com- bine ...
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Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. ics , the measures of right and wrong might be made out , to ... felt that such probablistic knowledge was a long way from no knowledge at all . Thus , according to Locke , moral ...
Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. ics , the measures of right and wrong might be made out , to ... felt that such probablistic knowledge was a long way from no knowledge at all . Thus , according to Locke , moral ...
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... Burke was aware of the difficulty is shown by his addition of a new ... felt justified in asserting that standards do exist and that they are built ... Burke distinguished his position from that of Hutcheson by denying that taste is ...
... Burke was aware of the difficulty is shown by his addition of a new ... felt justified in asserting that standards do exist and that they are built ... Burke distinguished his position from that of Hutcheson by denying that taste is ...
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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