Cambridge Companion to Edmund Burke

Informationen zum Autor David Dwan is a lecturer in English at Queen's University Belfast. He is author of The Great Community: Culture and Nationalism in Ireland (2008) and has written a range of articles on intellectual history and modern literature. Christopher Insole is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at the University of Durham, UK. He is the author of The Politics of Human Frailty: A Theological Defence of Political Liberalism (2005) and has written articles on Burke, Kant, philosophy of religion, epistemology and intellectual history. Klappentext This comprehensive and accessible Companion examines the life and writings of Edmund Burke, one of the eighteenth century's most influential thinkers. Zusammenfassung Edmund Burke is a key thinker in the history of modern political thought. His writings! speeches and actions reflect complex views on jurisprudence! politics! empire! aesthetics! rhetoric! religion and moral philosophy. This comprehensive Companion examines each facet of Burke's thought and concludes with an evaluation of his legacy and reputation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Method of citation; Chronology; Introduction: philosophy in action; 1. Burke's life F. P. Lock; 2. Burke, Enlightenment and Romanticism Richard Bourke; 3. Burke as rhetorician and orator Christopher Reid; 4. Burke's aesthetic psychology Paddy Bullard; 5. Burke on law and legal theory Seán Patrick Donlan; 6. Burke on political economy Richard Whatmore; 7. Burke and religion Ian Harris; 8. Burke and the constitution David M. Craig; 9. Burke and the natural law Christopher Insole; 10. Burke and utility David Dwan; 11. Burke and the ends of empire Jennifer Pitts; 12. Burke and the American crisis Harry T. Dickinson; 13. Burke on India Frederick G. Whelan; 14. Burke on Ireland Ian McBride; 15. 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' Iain Hampsher-Monk; 16. Burke's counterrevolutionary writings Iain Hampsher-Monk; 17. Burke in the USA Seamus Deane; Further reading....

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Dwan, David (Queen''''s University Belfast) Insole Dwan, David Insole Dwan
• Mitarbeit: David Dwan (Herausgeber), David (Queen's University Belfast) Dwan (Herausgeber), Dwan David (Herausgeber), Christopher Insole (Herausgeber), Christopher (University of Durham) Insole (Herausgeber), Insole Christopher (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.10.2012
• EAN: 9781107005594
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00559-4
• Seiten: 279
• Serien: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Theorien und Ideengeschichte; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Literature: history & criticism, Political science and theory