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title:
The Useful Cobbler : Edmund Burke and the Politics of
Progress
author:
Conniff, James.
publisher:
State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:
0791418448
print isbn13:
9780791418444
ebook isbn13:
9780585062600
language:
English
subject
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Contributions in political
science.
publication date:
1994
lcc:
JC176.B83C55 1994eb
ddc:
320/.01
subject:
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Contributions in political
science.
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The Useful Cobbler
Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress
James Conniff
STAE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
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Portions of text throughout this book were taken from
The Correspondence of Edmund Burke
, originally published
by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press as well as the University of Chicago Press, © 1958-1978.
Portions of text throughout this book were reprinted with the permission of Macmillan Publishing Company from
Reflections of the Revolution in France
by Edmund Burke and edited by H. D. Mahoney. Copyright © 1955
The cover photo entitled "Edmund Burke, M. P. (17291797), Statesman and Writer" by Joshua Reynolds, is
courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland.
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
© 1994 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in
the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Conniff, James, 1942-
The useful cobbler : Edmund Burke and the politics of progress/
James Conniff.
p. cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-1843-X (alk. paper). ISBN 0-7914-1844-8 (pbk. :
alk. paper)
1. Burke, Edmund, 17291797Contributions in political science.
I. Title.
JC176.B83C55 1994
320´.01dc20
93-16994
CIP
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Contents
Preface
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1. Introduction: The Significance of Edmund Burke
1
2. Burke and the Search for the Psychological Basis of Human Action
19
3. The Whiggism of History and the History of Whiggism
53
4. Burke on the Foundations and Nature of Government
85
5. Burke on the Nature and Extent of State Authority
113
6. The Politics of Trusteeship
137
7. Political Parties and Their Uses
161
8. The Decline and Fall of the Theory of Sovereignty
185
9. The French Revolution and the Crisis of European Civilization
215
10. Ireland, India, and the Deluge
251
Notes
275
Bibliography
341
Index
355
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Page vii
Preface
My interest in Edmund Burke's political thought developed early. It was the topic of my first undergraduate term
paper in political theory, and it is over fifteen years since I first published on the topic. This book, however, has
been in progress for considerably less time. Early in my professional career, I turned my attention to questions
involving the origins and development of modern representative democracy. It was only after I studied a number of
other eighteenth century thinkers, particularly David Hume and James Madison, that it dawned on me that most of
the paths taken by political thought in that time eventually led to Burke and that the early history of representative
theory was one of the most important of those paths.
As might be expected over the course of such a long intellectual odyssey, I have compiled a substantial list of
obligations. To mention them all, however, would dilute the value of the most important. These fall into three
classes: my teachers, my colleagues, and my family. At Rutgers University, I had the good fortune to be assigned
to introductory political science with Eugene Meehan. I probably owe to him my choice of career and whatever
ability I have developed as a writer. I doubt if I could have survived the doctoral program at Columbia University
without the encouragement and support of Julian H. Franklin and, in a somewhat different way, the late Herbert A.
Deane. For over twenty years, I have been a member of a fine political science department. My colleagues have
been consistently interested and supportative. In particular, I would like to mention Ed Heck, Bill Schultze, Dwight
Anderson, Bob Keiser, Brian Loveman, Dick Hofstetter and Harlan Lewin. Finally, but most importantly, I must
thank my family. My father has always been my principal model and my best teacher, and my mother a source of
comfort and support. My wife, Francine, and my daughters,
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