Edmund Burke in America : The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism /

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"The statesman and political philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-1797) is a touchstone for modern conservatism in the United States, and his name and his writings have been invoked by figures ranging from the arch Federalist George Cabot to the twentieth-century political philosopher Leo Strauss. Bu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maciag, Drew, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Cornell University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Burke, Edmund > 1729-1797
Burke, Edmund, > 1729-1797.
Receptie.
Conservatisme.
Konservativismus
Politische Philosophie
Political science > Philosophy.
Conservatism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Conservatisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Political science > United States > Philosophy.
Conservatism > United States > History.
Verenigde Staten.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a search for icons
  • Burke in brief : a "philosophical" primer
  • Old seeds, new soil : the land of Paine
  • John and J.Q. Adams : federalist persuasions
  • Democratic America : the ethos of liberalism
  • American Whigs : a conservative response
  • The Gilded Age : eclectic interpretations
  • Theodore Roosevelt : blazing forward, looking backward
  • Woodrow Wilson : confronting American maturity
  • Modern times : conjunctions and consensus
  • Natural law : a neo-traditionalist revival
  • The Cold War : existential threat redux
  • Contemporary conservatives : victories and illusions
  • Conclusion : a world without fathers.

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