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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... Authority 6. The Politics of Trusteeship vii 1 19 53 85 113 137 7. Political Parties and Their Uses 161 8. The Decline and Fall of the Theory of Sovereignty 185 9. The French Revolution and the Crisis of European Civilization 215 10 ...
... Authority 6. The Politics of Trusteeship vii 1 19 53 85 113 137 7. Political Parties and Their Uses 161 8. The Decline and Fall of the Theory of Sovereignty 185 9. The French Revolution and the Crisis of European Civilization 215 10 ...
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... Authority . " The Review of Politics , Vol . 49 , No. 4 ( fall 1987 ) , pp . 490-514 . Chapter seven draws heavily on " Burke , Bristol , and the Concept of Repre- sentation , " Western Political Quarterly , Vol . XXX , No. 3 ...
... Authority . " The Review of Politics , Vol . 49 , No. 4 ( fall 1987 ) , pp . 490-514 . Chapter seven draws heavily on " Burke , Bristol , and the Concept of Repre- sentation , " Western Political Quarterly , Vol . XXX , No. 3 ...
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... authority is derived from the people , are not the people capable of governing themselves ? Thus , especially among elements of the Antifederal- ists , all representation became suspect , and it was claimed that the people constituted ...
... authority is derived from the people , are not the people capable of governing themselves ? Thus , especially among elements of the Antifederal- ists , all representation became suspect , and it was claimed that the people constituted ...
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... authority : God and the divine law ; human law enforced ulti- mately by the state ; the fraternal law of Christianity ; and , finally , the individual judgment of private law . According to Locke , each of these is competent to rule ...
... authority : God and the divine law ; human law enforced ulti- mately by the state ; the fraternal law of Christianity ; and , finally , the individual judgment of private law . According to Locke , each of these is competent to rule ...
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... authority which the understanding of man ac- knowledges not . " 22 Locke's political liberalism is , then , a conse- quence of his psychology and morality . II Since Locke raised the problem of judgment within the context of a ...
... authority which the understanding of man ac- knowledges not . " 22 Locke's political liberalism is , then , a conse- quence of his psychology and morality . II Since Locke raised the problem of judgment within the context of a ...
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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