The Cambridge companion to Edmund Burke
By: edited by David Dwan, Christopher Insole
Series: Cambridge companions to literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781107005594; 9780521183314
Subjects: Politics and literature; Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; History and criticism; Speeches, addresses, etc., English; History
Description: "This comprehensive and accessible Companion examines the life and writings of Edmund Burke, one of the eighteenth-century's most influential thinkers"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 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 Se&#225;n 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 and Ireland Ian McBride; 15. 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' Iain Hampsher-Monk; 16. Burke's counter-revolutionary writings Iain Hampsher-Monk; 17. Burke in the USA Seamus Deane; Further reading.