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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... radical leveling of the Revolution and advocated instead an ethic of moderation and humanistic control . Still more recently , Burke achieved virtually paradigmatic conser- vative status . Thus , Anthony Quinton writes , " Edmund Burke ...
... radical leveling of the Revolution and advocated instead an ethic of moderation and humanistic control . Still more recently , Burke achieved virtually paradigmatic conser- vative status . Thus , Anthony Quinton writes , " Edmund Burke ...
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... radical branch of the movement finds it difficult to reconcile his many liberal views with his reputed Conservatism , while more moderate Conservatives see that very liberalism as his primary appeal.15 In this study , I will go a step ...
... radical branch of the movement finds it difficult to reconcile his many liberal views with his reputed Conservatism , while more moderate Conservatives see that very liberalism as his primary appeal.15 In this study , I will go a step ...
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... radicals rejected those theories which charac- terized representatives as relatively independent trustees of the public interest , and instead asserted that they were merely dele- gates required to enact the will of their constituents ...
... radicals rejected those theories which charac- terized representatives as relatively independent trustees of the public interest , and instead asserted that they were merely dele- gates required to enact the will of their constituents ...
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... radicals : " the success of Wyvill and his friends in beating off the Rockinghamite bid for control of the movement , and the quickening of the reformist impulse which led its leaders to embrace a Plan of Association with its attack on ...
... radicals : " the success of Wyvill and his friends in beating off the Rockinghamite bid for control of the movement , and the quickening of the reformist impulse which led its leaders to embrace a Plan of Association with its attack on ...
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... radical leaders . In my view , this refusal deprived the Whigs of the popular support which would have been necessary to counter- balance the power of the Crown and its allies . Chapters 8 through 10 will trace the breakdown of Burke's ...
... radical leaders . In my view , this refusal deprived the Whigs of the popular support which would have been necessary to counter- balance the power of the Crown and its allies . Chapters 8 through 10 will trace the breakdown of Burke's ...
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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