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 played a vital role in this process . I believe that Burke's greatest ... maintained , was due to her maintenance of a balance by which " our free ... Burke , on the other hand , with his message of moderated progres- sivism , still ...
... Burke played a vital role in this process . I believe that Burke's greatest ... maintained , was due to her maintenance of a balance by which " our free ... Burke , on the other hand , with his message of moderated progres- sivism , still ...
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... Burke , then , was one of the most important contributors to the ... Burke's contribution to the theory of representative government can be summarized in ... held that history is broadly , though not uniformly , progressive ; that is ...
... Burke , then , was one of the most important contributors to the ... Burke's contribution to the theory of representative government can be summarized in ... held that history is broadly , though not uniformly , progressive ; that is ...
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... maintained both the possibility and desirability of political reform . In a kind of eighteenth century Aristotelianism , Burke conceived of such reform as a gradual perfecting of the ongo- ing system . As he explained to the North ...
... maintained both the possibility and desirability of political reform . In a kind of eighteenth century Aristotelianism , Burke conceived of such reform as a gradual perfecting of the ongo- ing system . As he explained to the North ...
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... Burke's political heritage and role are of particular importance . Simply ... maintained by a large - scale propaganda machine . " 44 Moreover , unusual ... Burke thought that it did , for he often identified Whiggism in general with the ...
... Burke's political heritage and role are of particular importance . Simply ... maintained by a large - scale propaganda machine . " 44 Moreover , unusual ... Burke thought that it did , for he often identified Whiggism in general with the ...
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Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. tract theory and his ... Burke saw change , as such , as relatively neutral : some changes were good , but ... held that English government was not , in fact , a mixed government but ...
Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. tract theory and his ... Burke saw change , as such , as relatively neutral : some changes were good , but ... held that English government was not , in fact , a mixed government but ...
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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