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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... eighteenth century thinkers , particularly David 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 ...
... eighteenth century thinkers , particularly David 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 ...
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... eighteenth century and as a program for action in subsequent periods . Thus , at first glance , it might ap- pear odd that scholars cannot seem to agree on an assessment of Burke . In fact , in the nearly two hundred years since his ...
... eighteenth century and as a program for action in subsequent periods . Thus , at first glance , it might ap- pear odd that scholars cannot seem to agree on an assessment of Burke . In fact , in the nearly two hundred years since his ...
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... eighteenth century . In my view , there is good and ample reason to study Burke in the insight that study provides into the develop- ment and nature of modern Western politics . This book as a whole will be concerned with making that ...
... eighteenth century . In my view , there is good and ample reason to study Burke in the insight that study provides into the develop- ment and nature of modern Western politics . This book as a whole will be concerned with making that ...
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... eighteenth century witnessed the second stage of the process - the growth of representative institutions.21 This growth brought with it a host of problems , both theoretical and practical , and was accompanied by a major transition in ...
... eighteenth century witnessed the second stage of the process - the growth of representative institutions.21 This growth brought with it a host of problems , both theoretical and practical , and was accompanied by a major transition in ...
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... eighteenth century . 26 He notes that one of the most important of these was in the concept of representation . In the years leading up to the Revo- lution , the American radicals rejected those theories which charac- terized ...
... eighteenth century . 26 He notes that one of the most important of these was in the concept of representation . In the years leading up to the Revo- lution , the American radicals rejected those theories which charac- terized ...
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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