Edmund Burke

Author : Jesse Norman
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780465044948

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Edmund Burke by Jesse Norman Pdf

Edmund Burke is both the greatest and the most underrated political thinker of the past three hundred years. A brilliant 18th-century Irish philosopher and statesman, Burke was a fierce champion of human rights and the Anglo-American constitutional tradition, and a lifelong campaigner against arbitrary power. Once revered by an array of great Americans including Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, Burke has been almost forgotten in recent years. But as politician and political philosopher Jesse Norman argues in this penetrating biography, we cannot understand modern politics without him. As Norman reveals, Burke was often ahead of his time, anticipating the abolition of slavery and arguing for free markets, equality for Catholics in Ireland, responsible government in India, and more. He was not always popular in his own lifetime, but his ideas about power, community, and civic virtue have endured long past his death. Indeed, Burke engaged with many of the same issues politicians face today, including the rise of ideological extremism, the loss of social cohesion, the dangers of the corporate state, and the effects of revolution on societies. He offers us now a compelling critique of liberal individualism, and a vision of society based not on a self-interested agreement among individuals, but rather on an enduring covenant between generations. Burke won admirers in the American colonies for recognizing their fierce spirit of liberty and for speaking out against British oppression, but his greatest triumph was seeing through the utopian aura of the French Revolution. In repudiating that revolution, Burke laid the basis for much of the robust conservative ideology that remains with us to this day: one that is adaptable and forward-thinking, but also mindful of the debt we owe to past generations and our duty to preserve and uphold the institutions we have inherited. He is the first conservative. A rich, accessible, and provocative biography, Edmund Burke describes Burke’s life and achievements alongside his momentous legacy, showing how Burke’s analytical mind and deep capacity for empathy made him such a vital thinker—both for his own age, and for ours.

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030037344795

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Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : Richard Bourke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1029 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400873456

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Empire and Revolution by Richard Bourke Pdf

A major new account of one of the leading philosopher-statesmen of the eighteenth century Edmund Burke (1730–97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history. He grappled with the significance of the British Empire in India, fought for reconciliation with the American colonies, and was a vocal critic of national policy during three European wars. He also advocated reform in Britain and became a central protagonist in the great debate on the French Revolution. Drawing on the complete range of printed and manuscript sources, Empire and Revolution offers a vivid reconstruction of the major concerns of this outstanding statesman, orator, and philosopher. In restoring Burke to his original political and intellectual context, this book overturns the conventional picture of a partisan of tradition against progress and presents a multifaceted portrait of one of the most captivating figures in eighteenth-century life and thought. A boldly ambitious work of scholarship, this book challenges us to rethink the legacy of Burke and the turbulent era in which he played so pivotal a role.

Author : David Bromwich
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674729704

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The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke by David Bromwich Pdf

This biography of statesman Edmund Burke (1730-1797), covering three decades, is the first to attend to the complexity of Burke's thought as it emerges in both the major writings and private correspondence. David Bromwich reads Burke's career as an imperfect attempt to organize an honorable life in the dense medium he knew politics to be.

Author : H. V. F. Somerset
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780521247061

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A Note-Book of Edmund Burke by H. V. F. Somerset Pdf

The 1957 book contributes greatly to our knowledge of the character and ideas of Burke.

Author : David Bromwich
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0674127757

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A Choice of Inheritance by David Bromwich Pdf

For the last two centuries, literature has tested the authority of the individual and the community. With a historical as well as an interpretative emphasis, Bromwich explores this tension. He shows why the public-mindedness of the eighteenth century is as limited a model for readers now as the individualism of the nineteenth century.

Author : Emily Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192520098

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Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism, 1830-1914 by Emily Jones Pdf

Between 1830 and 1914 in Britain a dramatic modification of the reputation of Edmund Burke (1730-1797) occurred. Burke, an Irishman and Whig politician, is now most commonly known as the 'founder of modern conservatism' - an intellectual tradition which is also deeply connected to the identity of the British Conservative Party. The idea of 'Burkean conservatism' - a political philosophy which upholds 'the authority of tradition', the organic, historic conception of society, and the necessity of order, religion, and property - has been incredibly influential both in international academic analysis and in the wider political world. This is a highly significant intellectual construct, but its origins have not yet been understood. Emily Jones demonstrates, for the first time, that the transformation of Burke into the 'founder of conservatism' was in fact part of wider developments in British political, intellectual, and cultural history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including political texts, parliamentary speeches, histories, biographies, and educational curricula, Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism shows how and why Burke's reputation was transformed over a formative period of British history. In doing so, it bridges the significant gap between the history of political thought as conventionally understood and the history of the making of political traditions. The result is to demonstrate that, by 1914, Burke had been firmly established as a 'conservative' political philosopher and was admired and utilized by political Conservatives in Britain who identified themselves as his intellectual heirs. This was one essential component of a conscious re-working of C/conservatism which is still at work today.

Author : Yuval Levin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465040940

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The Great Debate by Yuval Levin Pdf

An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological titans sparred over moral and philosophical questions about the nature of political life and the best approach to social change: radical and swift, or gradual and incremental. The division they articulated continues to shape our political life today. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the basis of our political order and Washington's acrimonious rifts today, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, progressivism, and the debate between them truly amount to.

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HX3X4M

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Select Works by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UIUC:30112074573400

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Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : David Dwan,Christopher Insole
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107495654

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The Cambridge Companion to Edmund Burke by David Dwan,Christopher Insole Pdf

Edmund Burke prided himself on being a practical statesman, not an armchair philosopher. Yet his responses to specific problems - rebellion in America, the abuse of power in India and Ireland, or revolution in France - incorporated theoretical debates within jurisprudence, economics, religion, moral philosophy and political science. Moreover, the extraordinary rhetorical force of Burke's speeches and writings quickly secured his reputation as a gifted orator and literary stylist. This Companion provides a comprehensive assessment of Burke's thought, exploring all his major writings from his early treatise on aesthetics to his famous polemic, Reflections on the Revolution in France. It also examines the vexed question of Burke's Irishness and seeks to determine how his cultural origins may have influenced his political views. Finally, it aims both to explain and to challenge interpretations of Burke as a romantic, a utilitarian, a natural law thinker and founding father of modern conservatism.

Author : Peter James Stanlis
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Natural law
ISBN : 1412822203

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Edmund Burke by Peter James Stanlis Pdf

Author : Stanley Ayling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : NWU:35556019527027

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Edmund Burke by Stanley Ayling Pdf

Author : J. Welsh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230374829

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Edmund Burke and International Relations by J. Welsh Pdf

The mind of Edmund Burke has attracted the attention of countless political theorists, historians, and biographers. Nonetheless, one aspect of Burke's thinking has been neglected: his perspective on international relations. This book seeks to address that gap, by analysing Burke's reaction to the international events of his century. The book argues that the tension between Burke's constitutionalism and crusading is ultimately reconciled by his broader conception of international legitimacy and order. It is only by widening the definition of international theory to include domestic as well as international politics that one can resolve this tension in Burke's theory and arrive at a richer understanding of the nature of international order, both historically and today.

Author : Paddy Bullard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139495691

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Edmund Burke and the Art of Rhetoric by Paddy Bullard Pdf

Edmund Burke ranks among the most accomplished orators ever to debate in the British Parliament. But often his eloquence has been seen to compromise his achievements as a political thinker. In the first full-length account of Burke's rhetoric, Bullard argues that Burke's ideas about civil society, and particularly about the process of political deliberation, are, for better or worse, shaped by the expressiveness of his language. Above all, Burke's eloquence is designed to express ethos or character. This rhetorical imperative is itself informed by Burke's argument that the competency of every political system can be judged by the ethical knowledge that the governors have of both the people that they govern and of themselves. Bullard finds the intellectual roots of Burke's 'rhetoric of character' in early modern moral and aesthetic philosophy, and traces its development through Burke's parliamentary career to its culmination in his masterpiece, Reflections on the Revolution in France.