Pre-Revolutionary WritingsThis is the first collection of the writings of Edmund Burke which precede Reflections on the Revolution in France, and the first to do justice to the connections and breadth of Burke's thought. A thinker whose range transcends formal boundaries, Burke has been highly prized by both conservatives and liberals, and this new edition charts the development of Burke's thought and its importance as a response to the events of his day. Burke's mind spanned theology, aesthetics, moral philosophy and history, as well as the political affairs of Ireland, England, America, India and France, and he united these concerns in his view of inequality. In the writings in this edition Burke indicated how societies embodying revealed religion and social hierarchy could sustain civilisation and political liberty. These thoughts reached their apogee in Reflections on the Revolution in France. This edition provides the student with all the necessary information for an understanding of the complexities of Burke's thought. Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references. An introduction and biographical and bibliographical essays help place these works in the context of Burke's thought as a whole. |
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Page xiv
... Party 1774 Speech on American Taxation ; Burke becomes MP for Bristol ; Wilkes permitted to take seat ; Warren Hastings becomes governor - general of Bengal 1775 Speech on Conciliation with America ; War with American colonies 1776 ...
... Party 1774 Speech on American Taxation ; Burke becomes MP for Bristol ; Wilkes permitted to take seat ; Warren Hastings becomes governor - general of Bengal 1775 Speech on Conciliation with America ; War with American colonies 1776 ...
Page xxiv
... Bolingbroke , A Dissertation on Parties , letter xvi ; Remarks on the History of England , letter iv ; Letters on the Study and Use of History , nos . v & vi . Church had assisted it . Since Bolingbroke argued that the xxiv Introduction.
... Bolingbroke , A Dissertation on Parties , letter xvi ; Remarks on the History of England , letter iv ; Letters on the Study and Use of History , nos . v & vi . Church had assisted it . Since Bolingbroke argued that the xxiv Introduction.
Page xxix
... party stance that enabled him to particularize his political theory . His party position gave him a point of view on questions of the day and so enabled him to apply his view of government in a given way . In the England of the 1760s ...
... party stance that enabled him to particularize his political theory . His party position gave him a point of view on questions of the day and so enabled him to apply his view of government in a given way . In the England of the 1760s ...
Page xxx
... party . But we must beware of attribu- ting our sense of Burke's destiny to him . He was something rare , a man whose intellect was equal to his heart , and both were on a grand scale . He was also an Irish adventurer . Party politics ...
... party . But we must beware of attribu- ting our sense of Burke's destiny to him . He was something rare , a man whose intellect was equal to his heart , and both were on a grand scale . He was also an Irish adventurer . Party politics ...
Page xxxi
... party , and that in part because he was a figure isolated in his party . The death of Rockingham in 1782 , the rise of a younger generation of politicians , the failure of the Fox - North coalition in 1783 , and his party's diminishing ...
... party , and that in part because he was a figure isolated in his party . The death of Rockingham in 1782 , the rise of a younger generation of politicians , the failure of the Fox - North coalition in 1783 , and his party's diminishing ...
Contents
Extempore Commonplace on The Sermon of Our Saviour on the Mount | 1 |
Text | 3 |
A Vindication of Natural Society | 4 |
Analysis | 7 |
Text | 8 |
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful | 58 |
Analysis | 61 |
Text | 63 |
Analysis | 114 |
Text | 116 |
Conciliation with America | 193 |
Analysis | 205 |
Text | 206 |
Almas Ali Khan | 270 |
Analysis | 275 |
Text | 277 |
Religion | 78 |
Analysis | 81 |
Text | 82 |
Tracts on the Popery Laws | 88 |
Analysis | 93 |
Text | 95 |
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents | 103 |
Speech on the Army Estimates | 298 |
Analysis | 305 |
306 | |
321 | |
326 | |
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References to this book
Modern Political Thinkers and Ideas: An Historical Introduction Tudor Jones No preview available - 2002 |