Edmund Burke Modernity, Politics, and Aesthetics

by White, Stephen K.

• ISBN13: 9780742521346
• ISBN10: 0742521346
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Edmund Burke: Modernity, Politics, and Aesthetics examines the philosophy of Burke in view of its contribution to our understanding of modernity. Stephen K. White argues that Burke shows us how modernity engenders an implicit forgetfulness of human finitude. White illustrates this theme by showing how Burke's political thought, his judgment of the modern system of morality and policy, and its taste for a false sublime are structured by his aesthetics.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction
Preface to the New Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Sublime, the Beautiful, and the Political	p. 22
Interpreting the Political World	p. 40
Confronting the French Revolution	p. 60
Conclusion	p. 83
Index	p. 93
About the Author	p. 97
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