Edmund Burke in America : : The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism / / Drew Maciag.
The statesman and political philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-1797) is a touchstone for modern conservatism in the United States, and his name and his writings have been invoked by figures ranging from the arch Federalist George Cabot to the twentieth-century political philosopher Leo Strauss. But Burk...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: In Search of Icons
- 1. Burke in Brief: A "Philosophical" Primer
- Part I: Early America
- 2. Old Seeds, New Soil: The Land of Paine
- 3. Federalist Persuasions: John and J. Q. Adams
- 4. Democratic America: The Ethos of Liberalism
- 5. American Whigs: A Conservative Response
- Part II: Transition to Modern America
- 6. The Gilded Age: Eclectic Interpretations
- 7. Theodore Roosevelt: Blazing Forward, Looking Backward
- 8. Woodrow Wilson: Confronting American Maturity
- Part III: Postwar America
- 9. Modern Times: Conjunctions and Consensus
- 10. Natural Law: A Neo-traditionalist Revival
- 11. The Cold War: Existential Threat Redux
- 12. Contemporary Conservatives: Victories and Illusions
- Conclusion: A World without Fathers
- Notes
- Index