The Reception of Edmund Burke in Europe [Hardcover]

Over the last fifty years the life and work of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) has received sustained scholarly attention and debate. The publication of the complete correspondence in ten volumes and the nine volume edition of Burke's Writings and Speeches have provided material for the scholarly reassessment of his life and works. Attention has focused in particular on locating his ideas in the history of eighteenth-century theory and practice and the contexts of late eighteenth-century conservative thought. This book broadens the focus to examine the many sided interest in Burke's ideas primarily in Europe, and most notably in politics and aesthetics. It draws on the work of leading international scholars to present new perspectives on the significance of Burke's ideas in European politics and culture.

Series Editor's Preface
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Edmund Burke's Life and Works: a Chronology
Timeline: the Reception of Burke

Introduction
Peter Jones and Martin Fitzpatrick

1. The Reception of Burke in IrelandMartyn Powell

2. The Paradoxes of Edmund Burke's Reception in America, 1757-1790Mark Spencer

3. Burke and Rational DissentMartin Fitzpatrick and Anthony Page

4. Some Nineteenth Century Appraisals of Burke'sReflections: From Sir James Mackintosh to John MorleyGregory Claeys

5. Edmund Burke, the French Revolution and his French CriticsJeremy Jennings

6. Burke and the Writings of Benjamin ConstantC. P. Courtney

7. 'The climacteric event in our history': aspects of Burke's Reception in FranceNorbert Col

8. An Ambivalent Conservatism. Edmund Burke in the Netherlands 1770-1870Wessel Krul

9. The Reception of Edmund Burke's Imperial Ideas Relating to India, or Burke, the Brahmin and the Hot-HouseSunil Agnani

10. Did an Edinburgh Debate on Taste Delay Responses to Burke?Peter Jones