Based on presentations from a conference held at the Russell Kirk Center, Mecosta, Mich., in May 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Burke and religion / F.P. Lock -- Burke and the argument from human nature / David Bromwich -- Burke's conservatism / Harvey C. Mansfield -- Edmund' Burke's Reflections on the revolution in America (1777): or, how did the American revolution relate to the French? / J.C.D. Clark -- Burke's first encounter with Richard Price : the Chathamites and North America / John Faulkner -- Burke, India and Orientalism / Frederick G. Whelan -- The law the nun and Edmund Burke / Elizabeth Lambert -- Burke and the conundrum of international human rights / Bruce Frohnen -- Edmund Burke and the Thomistic foundation of Natural law / Joseph L. Pappin III -- Odyssey of a Burke revivalist : an intellectual biography of Peter J. Stanlis / Jeffrey O. Nelson.
Summary:
"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.
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