The rage of Edmund Burke : portrait of an ambivalent Conservative / Isaac Kramnick
New York : Basic Books, 1977. 1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #322325
ISBN: 0465068294
Physical description: xiii, 225 p.; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The Burke problem -- Mythic Burke: the prophet of conservatism -- Tory prophet as Irish schoolboy (1729-1749) -- Burke's missing years (1750-1756) -- The new Burke: service and ambition (1756-1768) -- Present discontents (1768-1774) -- Recovery: Burke and his betters (1774-1782) -- Obsession one: Indianism (1783-1795) -- Obsession two: Jacobinism (1789-1797) -- Pain and sorrows (1794-1797) -- Epilogue: Burke and his age.
Subjects: Burke, Edmund 1729-1797. Contributions in political science. Political scientists Great Britain; Biography. Conservatism Great Britain History 18th century. Conservatism Great Britain History 18th century. Political science General will in. Natural law In political theory. Political science. Political science Theory of. Genre:
Bibliography. Biography.
Price: €28.00