An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund BurkeIan Crowe University of Missouri Press, 2005 - 247 Seiten This collection of essays shifts the focus of scholarly debate away from the themes that have traditionally dominated the study of Edmund Burke. In the past, largely ideology-based or highly textual studies have tended to paint Burke as a "prophet" or "precursor" of movements as diverse as conservatism, political pragmatism, and romanticism. In contrast, these essays address prominent issues in contemporary society--multiculturalism, the impact of postmodern and relativist methodologies, the boundaries of state-church relationships, and religious tolerance in modern societies--by emphasizing Burke's earlier career and writings and focusing on his position on historiography, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, aesthetics, and philosophical skepticism. The essays in this collection, written by some of today's most renowned Burke scholars, will radically challenge our deeply rooted assumptions about Burke, his thought, and his place in the history of Western political philosophy. |
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... constitution a religious animal ; that atheism is against , not only our reason but our instincts ; and that it cannot prevail long . ” 18 A study of Burke's earliest unpublished writings suggests that this was not merely the stock ...
... constitution a religious animal ; that atheism is against , not only our reason but our instincts ; and that it cannot prevail long . ” 18 A study of Burke's earliest unpublished writings suggests that this was not merely the stock ...
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... , and, on the other hand, the attachment of figures such as Paine and Jefferson to an unspecified constitution of ancient English liberties. tion”39) and beyond. Burke staked his impeccable Whig credentials upon 14 ` IAN CROWE.
... , and, on the other hand, the attachment of figures such as Paine and Jefferson to an unspecified constitution of ancient English liberties. tion”39) and beyond. Burke staked his impeccable Whig credentials upon 14 ` IAN CROWE.
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... constitution. The barons of that time “had privileges, which they knew to have been violated: they had always kept up the memory of the ancient Saxon liberty,” but “they rather felt their wrongs, than understood the cause of them.” This ...
... constitution. The barons of that time “had privileges, which they knew to have been violated: they had always kept up the memory of the ancient Saxon liberty,” but “they rather felt their wrongs, than understood the cause of them.” This ...
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... constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed in- heritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom without any ...
... constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed in- heritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom without any ...
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... constitutional right to; Warren Hastings, and his applica- tion of a “geographical morality” to the governance of British India. Then there were the sophists, economists and calculators who could conceive of no value without a price ...
... constitutional right to; Warren Hastings, and his applica- tion of a “geographical morality” to the governance of British India. Then there were the sophists, economists and calculators who could conceive of no value without a price ...
Inhalt
Burke and Religion | 19 |
Burke and the Argument from Human Nature | 37 |
Burkes Conservatism | 59 |
Burke India and Orientalism | 127 |
The Law the Nun and Edmund Burke | 158 |
Burke and the Conundrum of International Human Rights | 175 |
Edmund Burke and the Thomistic Foundations of Natural | 203 |
About the Contributors | 241 |
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