Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered
Russell Kirk was a leading figure in the post-World War II revival of American interest in Edmund Burke. Today, no one who takes seriously the problems of society dares remain indifferent to "the first conservative of our time of troubles." In Russell Kirk's words: "Burke's ideas interest anyone nowadays, including men bitterly dissenting from his conclusions. If conservatives would know what they defend, Burke is their touchstone; and if radicals wish to test the temper of their opposition,...
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Russell Kirk was a leading figure in the post-World War II revival of American interest in Edmund Burke. Today, no one who takes seriously the problems of society dares remain indifferent to "the first conservative of our time of troubles." In Russell Kirk's words: "Burke's ideas interest anyone nowadays, including men bitterly dissenting from his conclusions. If conservatives would know what they defend, Burke is their touchstone; and if radicals wish to test the temper of their opposition, they should turn to Burke." Kirk unfolds Burke's philosophy, showing how it revealed itself in concrete historical situations during the eighteenth century and how Burke, through his philosophy, "speaks to our age. "This volume makes vivid the four great struggles in the life of Burke: his efforts to reconcile England with the American colonies; his involvement in cutting down the domestic power of George III; his prosecution of Warren Hastings, the Governor-General of India; and his resistance to Jacobinism, the French Revolution's "armed doctrine." Children's Literature With a forward by Roger Scruton, this detailed biography presents the life and time of Edmund Burke in eleven lengthy chapters, including an epilogue about why he is studied. Born in Dublin in 1729, Burke spent most of his career in England as a conservative statesman and philosopher. An index, notes, biographical notes and a timeline are included. 1977, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, $24.95. Ages 16 up. Reviewer: Gisela Jernigan
ForewordPrefatory NoteSelected Events in the Life of Edmund BurkeHow Dead Is Burke?1From Letters to Politics18Conciliation and Prudence41Reforming Party and Government66India and Justice97The Verge of the Abyss123A Revolution of Theoretic Dogma145The Defense of Civilization169Never Succumb to the Enemy192Epilogue: Why Edmund Burke Is Studied213Appendices230Bibliographical Note248Notes254Index267
\ From the Publisher"If you are not a Burke scholar…Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered must be read first."\ — The World & I\ "This is the liveliest and most accessible one-volume biography of Edmund Burke."\ — The Bookwatch\ “Kirk’s scholarship is wide-ranging . . . and of course he brings to bear his close knowledge of the vast array of modern Burke scholarship. [His] . . . book is both elegant and eloquent, and it helps to fill a real need. ”\ — Jeffrey Hart, National Review\ “[T]he book serves as a good short introduction to Burke’s life and throught.”\ — Library Journal\ \ “No one knows more about Burke or writes of him with as much authority as did Russell Kirk.”\ — M.D. Aeschliman, The Wanderer\ “Edmund Burke is the very book for the non-specialist and the very book that no specialist will want to be without. It is at once a general introduction to the essence of Burke’s thought and a major reassessment of Burke in the light of the vast body of scholarship now available on him.”\ — G.B. Tennyson, University Bookman\ “Only a man of Kirk’s provenance and ambiance would have been appropriate for the job—to reassert, by way of Burke, ‘the natural law tradition [against] the positivism, nominalism and scientific materialism of modern liberal thought,’ as Carl Cone has put it.”\ — C.P. Ives, Modern Age\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Children's LiteratureWith a forward by Roger Scruton, this detailed biography presents the life and time of Edmund Burke in eleven lengthy chapters, including an epilogue about why he is studied. Born in Dublin in 1729, Burke spent most of his career in England as a conservative statesman and philosopher. An index, notes, biographical notes and a timeline are included. 1977, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, $24.95. Ages 16 up. Reviewer: Gisela Jernigan\ \
