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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... French Revolution and the Crisis of European Civilization 215 10. Ireland , India , and the Deluge 251 Notes Bibliography Index 275 341 355 ל PREFACE My interest in Edmund Burke's political thought developed early.
... French Revolution and the Crisis of European Civilization 215 10. Ireland , India , and the Deluge 251 Notes Bibliography Index 275 341 355 ל PREFACE My interest in Edmund Burke's political thought developed early.
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... French Revolution.11 According to Babbitt , Burke defended the two corner- stones of European civilization , the spirit of Religion and the spirit of the Gentleman , against the radical leveling of the Revolution and advocated instead ...
... French Revolution.11 According to Babbitt , Burke defended the two corner- stones of European civilization , the spirit of Religion and the spirit of the Gentleman , against the radical leveling of the Revolution and advocated instead ...
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... French Revolution were produced with one eye on party advantage . Much of what he said then was intended to drive the radicals out of the Whig fold , and , that accomplished , to rebuild the party as an anti- revolutionary but still ...
... French Revolution were produced with one eye on party advantage . Much of what he said then was intended to drive the radicals out of the Whig fold , and , that accomplished , to rebuild the party as an anti- revolutionary but still ...
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... Revolution required a new political understanding and a new form of politics . He believed that the key to that under- standing was a recognition that the revolution demanded responses at three levels : within France , where it ...
... Revolution required a new political understanding and a new form of politics . He believed that the key to that under- standing was a recognition that the revolution demanded responses at three levels : within France , where it ...
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... French Revolution accelerated and hardened Burke's opposition to reform in England , it seems to have had the ... France : the same internal contradiction in his the- ory of trusteeship which plagued his attempts to generate reform in ...
... French Revolution accelerated and hardened Burke's opposition to reform in England , it seems to have had the ... France : the same internal contradiction in his the- ory of trusteeship which plagued his attempts to generate reform 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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