An imaginative Whig : reassessing the life and thought of Edmund Burke / edited with an introduction by Ian Crowe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crowe, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Burke, Edmund.

Whig Party (Great Britain).

History.

Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Whig Party (Great Britain)--History--18th century.

Political scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Political scientists.

Whig Party (Great Britain)--Biography.

Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.

Statesmen.

Orators--Great Britain--Biography.

Orators.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 247 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2005]

Summary:

"Explores the significance of Edmund Burke's eighteenth-century writings on multiculturalism, the impact of postmodern and relativist methodologies, the boundaries of church-state relationships, and religious tolerance by emphasizing his career and his position on historiography, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, and philosophical skepticism"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Whig Imagination of Edmund Burke / Ian Crowe 1

Burke and Religion / F. P. Lock 19

Burke and the Argument from Human Nature / David Bromwich 37

Burke's Conservatism / Harvey C. Mansfield 59

Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in America (1777): or, How Did the American Revolution Relate to the French? / J. C. D. Clark 71

Burke's First Encounter with Richard Price: The Chathamites and North America / John Faulkner 93

Burke, India, and Orientalism / Frederick G. Whelan 127

The Law, the Nun, and Edmund Burke / Elizabeth Lambert 158

Burke and the Conundrum of International Human Rights / Bruce Frohnen 175

Edmund Burke and the Thomistic Foundations of Natural Law / Joseph L. Pappin III 203

Odyssey of a Burke Revivalist: An Intellectual Biography of Peter J. Stanlis / Jeffrey O. Nelson 228.

Notes:

Based on presentations from a conference held at the Russell Kirk Center, Mecosta, Mich., in May 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826215572

OCLC:

57010214