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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... modern repre- sentative democracy . It was only after I studied a number of other 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 ...
... modern repre- sentative democracy . It was only after I studied a number of other 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 ...
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... modern consensus that Burke was a founder of conservatism was not shared by his immediate heirs . In fact , even the earliest apologists for twentieth century conservatism paid little attention to him . 10 Only when Hugh Cecil hit on ...
... modern consensus that Burke was a founder of conservatism was not shared by his immediate heirs . In fact , even the earliest apologists for twentieth century conservatism paid little attention to him . 10 Only when Hugh Cecil hit on ...
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... modern Conservatism . Why is there such controversy about Burke ? Quinton makes a useful point when he distinguishes between two different conserva- tive traditions : the first , religiously - based , draws its inspiration from the ...
... modern Conservatism . Why is there such controversy about Burke ? Quinton makes a useful point when he distinguishes between two different conserva- tive traditions : the first , religiously - based , draws its inspiration from the ...
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... modern politics and within modern politics . " 19 Against this constantly shifting background , there can be no final or fully completed explanation of any of the major historical thinkers or ideas . Each generation of scholars must ...
... modern politics and within modern politics . " 19 Against this constantly shifting background , there can be no final or fully completed explanation of any of the major historical thinkers or ideas . Each generation of scholars must ...
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... modern representative government . It is relatively clear , I think , that , while many of the ideas , practices , and institutions as- sociated with representative government were anticipated by the Ancient Greeks , and even the ...
... modern representative government . It is relatively clear , I think , that , while many of the ideas , practices , and institutions as- sociated with representative government were anticipated by the Ancient Greeks , and even the ...
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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