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's philosophical roots and insists that Burke should be understood as a defender of early capitalism ... According to Babbitt , Burke defended the two corner- stones of European civilization , the spirit of Religion and the spirit ...
... Burke's philosophical roots and insists that Burke should be understood as a defender of early capitalism ... According to Babbitt , Burke defended the two corner- stones of European civilization , the spirit of Religion and the spirit ...
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... Burke , then , was one of the most important contributors to the intellectual synthesis , based on the acceptance of ... according to Burke , that little can be said without reference to par- ticular circumstances . In the Reflections ...
... Burke , then , was one of the most important contributors to the intellectual synthesis , based on the acceptance of ... according to Burke , that little can be said without reference to par- ticular circumstances . In the Reflections ...
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... Burke believed that social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and effort . Thus , he ... according to Burke , is to serve as the agent and mediator of social and political progress . Further , for reform to be ...
... Burke believed that social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and effort . Thus , he ... according to Burke , is to serve as the agent and mediator of social and political progress . Further , for reform to be ...
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... Burke , following Hume , turned to history for a guide to morally sound po ... theory of law . Defining all law as the expressed will of a superior enforced by some ... According to Locke , each of these is competent to rule only in those ...
... Burke , following Hume , turned to history for a guide to morally sound po ... theory of law . Defining all law as the expressed will of a superior enforced by some ... According to Locke , each of these is competent to rule only in those ...
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Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. as a label for some ... according to Locke , are its own ideas , and those tell it nothing about the ... Burke and the Search for the Basis of Human Action 23.
Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. as a label for some ... according to Locke , are its own ideas , and those tell it nothing about the ... Burke and the Search for the Basis of Human Action 23.
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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