Empire and revolution : the political life of Edmund Burke / Richard Bourke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bourke, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Burke, Edmund.

Political scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Political scientists.

Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.

Statesmen.

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

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 1001 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Summary:

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.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Reason and prejudice early formation, 1730- 1750

Overview

1. The Blackwater, Ballitore, trinity, and the reformer

Part II. Antinomianism and enlightenment

2. Natural society and natural religion, 1750- 1756

3. The philosophical enquiry: science of the passions, 1757

4. Conquest and assimilation, 1757-1765

Part III. Party, sovereignty and empire, 1765- 1774

5. Party, popularity and dissent: Britain and Ireland, 1765-1774

6. Collision with the colonies, 1765-1774

7. A revolution in ideas: the Indian Empire, 1766-1773

Part IV. Conquest, conciliation and representation, 1774- 1785

t 8. Representation and reform: Britain and Ireland, 1774- 1784

9. Consent and conciliation: America, 1774- 1783

10. A dreadful state of things: Madras and Bengal, 1777- 1785

Part V. Whiggism, Jacobinism, Indianism and ascendancy, 1785- 1797

11. The advent of crisis: India, Britain and France, 1785- 1790

12. The opening of the Hastings Impeachment, 1786- 1788

13. The Great Primaeval Contract: reflections on the revolution in France, 1790

14. Whig principles and Jacobin dogma, 1791- 1793

15. The pursuit of Hastings, 1788- 1796

16. Revolutionary crescendo: Britain, Ireland and France, 1793- 1797 – Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781400873456

1400873452

OCLC:

916920193