BurkeHill and Wang, 1980 - 83 páginas In this concise yet powerful book, one of the twentieth century's most respected political philosophers presents a controversial reassessment of the political ideas and intellectual legacy of Edmund Burke. A practicing politician and powerful writer, full of ideas, Burke was intent on getting those ideas translated into government policies. But he was too much the impatient practitioner to set out his principles in a single book in the manner of Locke or Hume, leaving both admirers and opponents ample scope to reinterpret his work in different ways. Macpherson, however, finds Burke's views on political economy to be the one consistent factor in his thinking. Today Burke is often viewed as one of modern conservatism's founding lights, and in an era of global capitalism unfettered by national borders, Macpherson's reassessment of Burke's ideas is perhaps more timely than ever. -- Amazon.com. |
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... writings were to be treated with reserve and on which judgement was to be held in abeyance . The his- torian Henry ... writing from a little outside the liberal tradi- tion , could in 1920 applaud Burke as a liberal utilitarian , while ...
... writings were to be treated with reserve and on which judgement was to be held in abeyance . The his- torian Henry ... writing from a little outside the liberal tradi- tion , could in 1920 applaud Burke as a liberal utilitarian , while ...
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... writings of the last eight years of his life . The reason for his concern is made quite explicit in 1790 . Addressing himself to his French correspondent , he writes : Formerly your affairs were your own concern only . We felt for them ...
... writings of the last eight years of his life . The reason for his concern is made quite explicit in 1790 . Addressing himself to his French correspondent , he writes : Formerly your affairs were your own concern only . We felt for them ...
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Crawford Brough Macpherson. writings . Both were needed to counteract the ' armed doctrine ' which Burke took the French Revolution to be , and especially to convince men of substance in Britain , some of whom were not unfriendly to the ...
Crawford Brough Macpherson. writings . Both were needed to counteract the ' armed doctrine ' which Burke took the French Revolution to be , and especially to convince men of substance in Britain , some of whom were not unfriendly to the ...
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The Irish adventurer | 8 |
The AngloEuropean wasp | 38 |
The bourgeois political economist | 51 |
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