An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke
University of Missouri Press, 2005
Cloth: 978-0-8262-1557-4 | eISBN: 978-0-8262-6419-0
Library of Congress Classification DA506.B9I53 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 941.073092
Cloth: 978-0-8262-1557-4 | eISBN: 978-0-8262-6419-0
Library of Congress Classification DA506.B9I53 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 941.073092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This collection of essays shifts the focus of scholarly debate away from the themes that have traditionally dominated the study of Edmund Burke. In the past, largely ideology-based or highly textual studies have tended to paint Burke as a “prophet” or “precursor” of movements as diverse as conservatism, political pragmatism, and romanticism. In contrast, these essays address prominent issues in contemporary society—multiculturalism, the impact of postmodern and relativist methodologies, the boundaries of state-church relationships, and religious tolerance in modern societies—by emphasizing Burke’s earlier career and writings and focusing on his position on historiography, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, aesthetics, and philosophical skepticism.
The essays in this collection, written by some of today’s most renowned Burke scholars, will radically challenge our deeply rooted assumptions about Burke, his thought, and his place in the history of Western political philosophy.
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