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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... wrote : " knaves or fools only , surrender their duties and rights to party despotism . Knaves , to get a share in its acquisitions ; fools because they are deceived . Can an honest man of sound un- derstanding think himself bound by ...
... wrote : " knaves or fools only , surrender their duties and rights to party despotism . Knaves , to get a share in its acquisitions ; fools because they are deceived . Can an honest man of sound un- derstanding think himself bound by ...
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... wrote of the English constitution : " there is a perpetual treaty and compromise going on , sometimes openly , sometimes with less observation , " and , therefore , " the whole scheme of our mixed Constitution is to prevent any one of ...
... wrote of the English constitution : " there is a perpetual treaty and compromise going on , sometimes openly , sometimes with less observation , " and , therefore , " the whole scheme of our mixed Constitution is to prevent any one of ...
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Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. wrote early in his career , " I find it impossible to conceive , that any one believes in his own politics , or thinks them to be of any weight , ... refuses to adopt the means of ...
Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress James Conniff. wrote early in his career , " I find it impossible to conceive , that any one believes in his own politics , or thinks them to be of any weight , ... refuses to adopt the means of ...
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... wrote to another , this sharply distinguished Burke from such writers as Francis Hutcheson , who had written with avowedly moral pur- pose : " You ask about Hutcheson's book and what is the difference . A great deal my friend . One is a ...
... wrote to another , this sharply distinguished Burke from such writers as Francis Hutcheson , who had written with avowedly moral pur- pose : " You ask about Hutcheson's book and what is the difference . A great deal my friend . One is a ...
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... wrote : " that great chain of causes , which linking one to another even to the Throne of God himself , can never be unravelled by any industry of ours . When we go but one step beyond the immediate sensible qualities of things , we go ...
... wrote : " that great chain of causes , which linking one to another even to the Throne of God himself , can never be unravelled by any industry of ours . When we go but one step beyond the immediate sensible qualities of things , we go ...
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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