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):

Political scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Political scientists.

Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.

Statesmen.

Orators--Great Britain--Biography.

Orators.

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

Great Britain.

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

Whig Party (Great Britain).

Whig Party (Great Britain)--Biography.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Burke, Edmund.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

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:

Intro

Introduction The Whig Imagination of Edmund Burke

Burke and Religion

Burke and the Argument from Human Nature

Burke's Conservatism

Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in America (1777) Or, How Did the American Revolution Relate to the French?

Burke's First Encounter with Richard Price The Chathamites and North America

Burke, India, and Orientalism

The Law, the Nun, and Edmund Burke

Burke and the Conundrum of International Human Rights

Edmund Burke and the Thomistic Foundations of Natural Law

Odyssey of a Burke Revivalist An Intellectual Biography of Peter J. Stanlis.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6419-0

OCLC:

613407414