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Edmund Burke and the revolt against the eighteenth century : a study of the political and social thinking of Burke, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey
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- Creator
- Alfred Cobban
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Second edition
- London : Allen & Unwin, 1960
- Physical Details
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- 280 pages ; 21 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00497293, ocm00497293
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Note -- Fundamental Ideas of the Eighteenth Century. The Sensational Psychology and its Consequences -- Natural Law -- Burke and the Heritage of Locke. The Inconsistency of Burke -- Natural Law and Social Contract in Locke and Burke -- Order and Liberty -- Burke and the Eighteenth-Century Constitution -- Burke: Basis of Political Theory. Theory and Experience -- History and Religion -- Burke and the Origins of the Theory of Nationality. Burke and Nationality -- Ireland -- Corsica and Poland -- Burke and Revolutionary France -- Wordsworth and Nationality -- The Political Philosophy of Coleridge. Philosophy and Politics -- Natural Rights and Expediency -- The Nation and the State -- The Lake Poets and Social Reform. Economic Ideas of Burke -- Mediaevalism, Religion and Economics -- A Protest against the Industrial System -- True Social Reform -- The State and Religion. The Religious Revival -- The Defence of the Anglican Church -- Significance of the Religious Revival -- The Revolt Against the Eighteenth Century. The Revolt against the Sensational Psychology: Sentimentalism and Back to Nature -- The Influence of the Historic Idea -- Conclusion -- Bibliographical Note -- Index
Subjects
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Political and social views.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Political and social views.
- Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 -- Political and social views.
- Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Essays.