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 Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references.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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... Cause of the Present Discontents Introduction Analysis Text 103 114 116 Conciliation with America Introduction 193 Analysis 205 Text 206 ' Almas Ali Khan ' Introduction Analysis 270 275 277 Text ' Speech on the Army Estimates ...
... Cause of the Present Discontents Introduction Analysis Text 103 114 116 Conciliation with America Introduction 193 Analysis 205 Text 206 ' Almas Ali Khan ' Introduction Analysis 270 275 277 Text ' Speech on the Army Estimates ...
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... cause of human misery . Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin and Foundation of Inequality embodied two claims about modern European society . One was that its hierarchical form implied a perversion of man's moral feeling . That feeling ...
... cause of human misery . Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin and Foundation of Inequality embodied two claims about modern European society . One was that its hierarchical form implied a perversion of man's moral feeling . That feeling ...
Page xxi
... causes of inequality : and inequality arose from nature . An unequal society in Burke's view was not only natural but also progressive . If men were devoted to imitation alone , ' it is easy to see that there never could be any ...
... causes of inequality : and inequality arose from nature . An unequal society in Burke's view was not only natural but also progressive . If men were devoted to imitation alone , ' it is easy to see that there never could be any ...
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... Cause of the Present Discontents , 2nd edn ( London , 1770 ) , with subsequent MSS . annotations by Burke ( Sheffield City Library , WWM Bk.31.47 ) ; ( vii ) Speech ... on Moving his Resolutions for Conciliation with the Col- onies ...
... Cause of the Present Discontents , 2nd edn ( London , 1770 ) , with subsequent MSS . annotations by Burke ( Sheffield City Library , WWM Bk.31.47 ) ; ( vii ) Speech ... on Moving his Resolutions for Conciliation with the Col- onies ...
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... for Ire- land . His Discovery of the True Causes why Ireland was never Entirely Subdued ( 1612 ) argued that England's government of Ireland was weak because it had not extended the benefit of English xliii Biographica.
... for Ire- land . His Discovery of the True Causes why Ireland was never Entirely Subdued ( 1612 ) argued that England's government of Ireland was weak because it had not extended the benefit of English xliii Biographica.
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 |
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321 | |
326 | |
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References to this book
Modern Political Thinkers and Ideas: An Historical Introduction Tudor Jones No preview available - 2002 |