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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Page vii
... Hume and James Madison , that it dawned on me that most of the paths taken by po- litical thought in that time eventually led to Burke and that the early history of representative theory was one of the most impor- tant of those paths ...
... Hume and James Madison , that it dawned on me that most of the paths taken by po- litical thought in that time eventually led to Burke and that the early history of representative theory was one of the most impor- tant of those paths ...
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... Hume , to solve the problem by postulating the existence of a moral sense also failed . Hence , in the Vindication of Natural Society , writ- ten before the Enquiry but revised and published after , Burke sought to block the extension ...
... Hume , to solve the problem by postulating the existence of a moral sense also failed . Hence , in the Vindication of Natural Society , writ- ten before the Enquiry but revised and published after , Burke sought to block the extension ...
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... Hume , while it did not solve the value problem , suggested that one could operate without an objective truth . Hume argued that standards , adequate for actual living , could be developed 19 Burke and the Search for the Psychological ...
... Hume , while it did not solve the value problem , suggested that one could operate without an objective truth . Hume argued that standards , adequate for actual living , could be developed 19 Burke and the Search for the Psychological ...
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... Hume maintained that a record of such experience could be found in historical study . Thus , Burke , following Hume , turned to history for a guide to morally sound po- litical action . I John Locke's first foray into politics , the Two ...
... Hume maintained that a record of such experience could be found in historical study . Thus , Burke , following Hume , turned to history for a guide to morally sound po- litical action . I John Locke's first foray into politics , the Two ...
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... Hume , among others , had adopted a similar approach , but Burke was far and away the most radical proponent of the new method.28 He ar- gued that to move the passions an object must excite either plea- sure or pain in the observer.29 ...
... Hume , among others , had adopted a similar approach , but Burke was far and away the most radical proponent of the new method.28 He ar- gued that to move the passions an object must excite either plea- sure or pain in the observer.29 ...
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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