The Useful Cobbler: Edmund Burke and the Politics of ProgressSUNY Press, 1994 M01 1 - 363 pages Neither 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. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EDMUND BURKE | 1 |
BURKE AND THE SEARCH FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUMAN ACTION | 19 |
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 CIVILIZATION | 215 |
IRELAND INDIA AND THE DELUGE | 251 |
NOTES | 275 |
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| Title | The Useful Cobbler: Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress The Useful Cobbler: Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress |
| Author | James Conniff |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | SUNY Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 079141843X, 9780791418437 |
| Length | 363 pages |
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