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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... social pre- scription or character . " 4 The political implications of this interpre- tation are , of course , profoundly conservative , for it suggests that the measure of what is good is to be found in what is established . For this ...
... social pre- scription or character . " 4 The political implications of this interpre- tation are , of course , profoundly conservative , for it suggests that the measure of what is good is to be found in what is established . For this ...
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... social and po- litical stability in which conflict over office and policy could be domesticated and accepted as normal and safe.23 Finally , in the third stage , once a functioning representative system was fully im- plemented , the ...
... social and po- litical stability in which conflict over office and policy could be domesticated and accepted as normal and safe.23 Finally , in the third stage , once a functioning representative system was fully im- plemented , the ...
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... social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and effort . Thus , he maintained both the possibility and desirability of political reform . In a kind of eighteenth century Aristotelianism , Burke conceived of such ...
... social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and effort . Thus , he maintained both the possibility and desirability of political reform . In a kind of eighteenth century Aristotelianism , Burke conceived of such ...
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... social theory by demonstrating the dangerous consequences for society of rejecting all standards of judgment outside the passions of the individual.50 In light of Burke's doubts about the possibility of establishing either an objective ...
... social theory by demonstrating the dangerous consequences for society of rejecting all standards of judgment outside the passions of the individual.50 In light of Burke's doubts about the possibility of establishing either an objective ...
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... social and polit- ical change . Burke saw change , as such , as relatively neutral : some changes were good , but others were not . Those changes which ben- efited society were those which perfected the ongoing social order . Second ...
... social and polit- ical change . Burke saw change , as such , as relatively neutral : some changes were good , but others were not . Those changes which ben- efited society were those which perfected the ongoing social order . Second ...
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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