The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke

This biography of statesman Edmund Burke (1730¿1797), covering three decades, is the first to attend to the complexity of Burke¿s thought as it emerges in both the major writings and private correspondence. David Bromwich reads Burke¿s career as an imperfect attempt to organize an honorable life in the dense medium he knew politics to be.

About the author

David Bromwich is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University.

Summary

This biography of statesman Edmund Burke (1730–1797), covering three decades, is the first to attend to the complexity of Burke’s thought as it emerges in both the major writings and private correspondence. David Bromwich reads Burke’s career as an imperfect attempt to organize an honorable life in the dense medium he knew politics to be.

Product details

• Authors: David Bromwich
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.05.2014
• EAN: 9780674729704
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72970-4
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 41 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, political, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political science and theory, Biography: historical, political and military, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies