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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... John Locke , An Essay Concerning Human Understanding , II Volumes , New York : Dover Publications , 1959 . The University of Notre Dame Press for permission to quote from : Edmund Burke : A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our ...
... John Locke , An Essay Concerning Human Understanding , II Volumes , New York : Dover Publications , 1959 . The University of Notre Dame Press for permission to quote from : Edmund Burke : A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our ...
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... John Morley , saw him as a politician - philosopher , who grounded a cautious reformism on a combination of Humean skepticism and pre - Benthamite Utilitarianism.1 However , in the twentieth century and increas- ingly since World War II ...
... John Morley , saw him as a politician - philosopher , who grounded a cautious reformism on a combination of Humean skepticism and pre - Benthamite Utilitarianism.1 However , in the twentieth century and increas- ingly since World War II ...
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... John MacCunn , though agreeing with O'Gorman's emphasis on Burke as a practical politi- cian , sees considerable merit in Burke's political philosophy.9 In- deed , MacCunn identifies Burke as one of the major sources of late nineteenth ...
... John MacCunn , though agreeing with O'Gorman's emphasis on Burke as a practical politi- cian , sees considerable merit in Burke's political philosophy.9 In- deed , MacCunn identifies Burke as one of the major sources of late nineteenth ...
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... John Dunn has put it well : " Unlike history or moral philos- ophy , political theory cannot select a subject matter for its apparent epistemological tractability . It cannot confine itself to detached ex- planation or abstract ...
... John Dunn has put it well : " Unlike history or moral philos- ophy , political theory cannot select a subject matter for its apparent epistemological tractability . It cannot confine itself to detached ex- planation or abstract ...
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... John Taylor , one of the first to decry the seamy side of legislative politics , wrote : " knaves or fools only , surrender their duties and rights to party despotism . Knaves , to get a share in its acquisitions ; fools because they ...
... John Taylor , one of the first to decry the seamy side of legislative politics , wrote : " knaves or fools only , surrender their duties and rights to party despotism . Knaves , to get a share in its acquisitions ; fools because they ...
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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