Empire and community : Edmund Burke's writings and speeches on international relations

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Empire and community : Edmund Burke's writings and speeches on international relations

edited by David P. Fidler and Jennifer M. Welsh

Westview Press, 1999

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  • : pbk

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"The edited selections from Burke's writings and speeches in this book are taken from The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke, gen. ed. Paul Langford (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981-) and are reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-345) and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780813368290

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Empire and Community provides the first comprehensive presentation of Edmund Burke's thinking on international relations. Although Burke's writings and speeches have been the subject of much analysis and controversy, his perspective on international relations has not been fully addressed by the scholarly community. David P. Fidler and Jennifer M. Welsh establish Burke as a "classical thinker" on international relations and help to situate his thinking within current international relations theory. Their detailed introduction is followed by edited selections from Burke's writings and speeches on Ireland, America, India, and the French Revolution.

Table of Contents

Editors' Notes -- Chronology of Burke's Life and Times -- Introduction -- Burke and International Relations -- Burke's Life and International Affairs -- Burke and the Theory of International Relations -- Burke's Relevance -- Writings and Speeches -- On Ireland -- On America -- On India -- On the French Revolution
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: hc ISBN 9780813368306

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The first comprehensive presentation of Edmund Burkes thinking on international relations, including edited selections of Burkes writings on Ireland, America, and revolutionary France.. This book provides the first comprehensive presentation of Edmund Burkes thinking on international relations. While Burkes writings and speeches have been the subject of much analysis and controversy, his perspective on international relations has not been fully addressed by the scholarly community. Fidler and Welsh establish Burke as a classical thinker on international relations, and help to situate his thinking within current international relations theory. Their detailed introduction is followed by edited selections from Burkes writings and speeches on Ireland, America, India, and the French Revolution. Edmund Burke has long been regarded as one of the most important political thinkers of the late eighteenth century, and his writings and speeches continue to inspire and challenge to the present day. But Burkes thinking on international relations has not been fully addressed by the scholarly community. This situation is ironic given that so much of Burkes political efforts and thoughts were directed at international events and controversies, particularly British policies toward Ireland, America, India, and revolutionary France.David Fidler and Jennifer Welsh provide the first comprehensive presentation of Burkes thinking on international relations in Empire and Community: Edmund Burkes Writings and Speeches on International Relations . They analyze in detail Burkes perspective on international relations developed during his long and distinguished parliamentary career, establishing him as a classical thinker on international relations; they also analyze where Burkes perspective on international relations belongs theoretically in the contemporary study of the subject. These analyses are followed by edited selections from Burkes writings and speeches on Ireland, America, India, and the French Revolution. Empire and Community gives Burkes thinking on international relations the emphasis and scholarly attention it deserves.

Table of Contents

  • Part One: Introduction
  • Burke and International Relations
  • Burkes Life and International Affairs
  • Burke and the Theory of International Relations
  • Burkes Relevance
  • Part Two: Writings and Speeches: Selections
  • On Ireland
  • On America
  • On India
  • On the French Revolution

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