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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... society as a corporation suspended in history and evolv- ing over time , in his acceptance of political controversy as an appro- priate device for driving that process , and in his characterization of the professional politician as ...
... society as a corporation suspended in history and evolv- ing over time , in his acceptance of political controversy as an appro- priate device for driving that process , and in his characterization of the professional politician as ...
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... society as a corporate entity developing through time . For Burke , this proposition has two important sub- headings . First , contrary to much of the commentary on Burke , he clearly denied any analogy between society and a living ...
... society as a corporate entity developing through time . For Burke , this proposition has two important sub- headings . First , contrary to much of the commentary on Burke , he clearly denied any analogy between society and a living ...
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... society to changing circumstances and environments and the equally strong need to preserve its es- sence for those who are to come . Fourth , Burke believed that social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and ...
... society to changing circumstances and environments and the equally strong need to preserve its es- sence for those who are to come . Fourth , Burke believed that social change may be controlled and directed by human intelligence and ...
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... society of rejecting all standards of judgment outside the passions of the individual.50 In light of Burke's doubts ... society . With his conception of society as an evolving corporation , Burke found the form for expressing some of his ...
... society of rejecting all standards of judgment outside the passions of the individual.50 In light of Burke's doubts ... society . With his conception of society as an evolving corporation , Burke found the form for expressing some of his ...
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... society were those which perfected the ongoing social order . Second , Burke's understanding of progress as a fragile but real pro- cess which could be controlled to some degree by men led him to the opinion that the essence of sound ...
... society were those which perfected the ongoing social order . Second , Burke's understanding of progress as a fragile but real pro- cess which could be controlled to some degree by men led him to the opinion that the essence of sound ...
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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