An imaginative Whig [[electronic resource] ] : reassessing the life and thought of Edmund Burke / / edited with an introduction by Ian Crowe

• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.07/3/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Political scientists - Great Britain; Statesmen - Great Britain; Orators - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 18th century
• Altri autori: CroweIan
• Note generali: Based on presentations from a conference held at the Russell Kirk Center, Mecosta, Mich., in May 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Introduction The Whig Imagination of Edmund Burke -- Burke and Religion -- Burke and the Argument from Human Nature -- Burke's Conservatism -- Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in America (1777) Or, How Did the American Revolution Relate to the French? -- Burke's First Encounter with Richard Price The Chathamites and North America -- Burke, India, and Orientalism -- The Law, the Nun, and Edmund Burke -- Burke and the Conundrum of International Human Rights -- Edmund Burke and the Thomistic Foundations of Natural Law -- Odyssey of a Burke Revivalist An Intellectual Biography of Peter J. Stanlis.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Explores the significance of Edmund Burke's eighteenth-century writings on multiculturalism, the impact of postmodern and relativist methodologies, the boundaries of church-state relationships, and religious tolerance by emphasizing his career and his position on historiography, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, and philosophical skepticism"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: An imaginative Whig
• ISBN: 0-8262-6419-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808000603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II