The Locator -- [(subject = "Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century")]

195 records matched your query       


Record 7 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
O'Neill, Daniel I., 1967- author.
Title:
Edmund Burke and the conservative logic of empire / Daniel I. O'Neill.
Publisher:
University of California Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Criticism and interpretation.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Political and social views.
Imperialism--18th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Edmund Burke's conservative logic of empire -- Burke and empire in context -- The new world -- India -- Ireland -- Conclusion: Ornamentalism, Orientalism, and the legacy of Burke's conservative logic of empire.
Summary:
"Edmund Burke, long considered modern conservatism's founding father, is also widely believed to be an opponent of empire. However, Daniel O'Neill turns that latter belief on its head. This fresh and innovative book shows that Burke was a passionate supporter and staunch defender of the British Empire in the eighteenth century, whether in the New World, India, or Ireland. Moreover--and against a growing body of contemporary scholarship that rejects the very notion that Burke was an exemplar of conservatism--O'Neill demonstrates that Burke's defense of empire was in fact ideologically consistent with his conservative opposition to the French Revolution. Burke's logic of empire relied on two opposing but complementary theoretical strategies: Ornamentalism, which stressed cultural similarities between "civilized" societies, as he understood them, and Orientalism, which stressed the putative cultural differences distinguishing "savage" societies from their "civilized" counterparts. This incisive book also shows that Burke's argument had lasting implications, as his development of these two justifications for empire prefigured later intellectual defenses of British imperialism"--Provided by publisher.
Series:
Berkeley series in British studies ; 10
ISBN:
0520287835
9780520287839
0520287827
9780520287822
OCLC:
(OCoLC)922799492
LCCN:
2015035745
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.