Vigour, Enthusiasm and Principles
Edmund Burke's Views of European History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12740259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sora Sato (The University of Tokyo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 299-325 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Intellectual History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-2443 • E-ISSN: 1479-2451 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1479244314000481 |
| OpenAlex | W2109261500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This essay analyses Burke's ideas on European history, which lay scattered over his works, and suggests that Burke may have considered Europe, with the notable exception of ancient Rome, as having been in a state of barbarism or confusion from the ancient era until the sixteenth century, despite the gradual development of society. Unlike some of his contemporaries, he did not closely examine the growth of a European state system, nor the rise of the balance of power in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Nor did he specially underline the collapse of feudalism and the process of establishing absolute monarchy. Instead, Burke stressed more fundamental elements. While he often drew attention to the glimmer of hope towards future prosperity amid devastation, which dominated large parts of European history, his ideas on European history reflected his long-held social theory that nations could revive and develop as long as the foundations of society were not damaged
Ancien regime · Ancient history · Archaeology · Barbarism · Civilization · Confusion · Economic history · Enthusiasm · Feudalism · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Prosperity · State (computer science · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, History, and Historiography · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
The correspondence of Edmund Burke
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Thoughts on French Affairs 1791
An essay on the history of civil society (1767)
The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
Barbarism and religion, Volume 1, The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, 1737–1764
The Political Reason of Edmund Burke
Subscription, the Scottish Enlightenment and the Moderate Interpretation of History
Party, Parliament, and Conquest in Newly Ascribed Burke Manuscripts
The Political Economy of Burke&s Analysis of the French Revolution
Edmund Burke's View of History
Edmund Burke and Reason of State
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |