Bolingbroke and His Circle: America Versus Japan in Global Competition

by Isaac Kramnick

Book Overview

Behind this study lie two questions. Why is Bolingbroke, known primarily as a rationalist philosopher of the Enlightenment, so worshipped by English conservatives who are themselves, since Burke, so set against what the Enlightenment represents in political, social, and religious thought? The second question relates to Bolingbroke's public life. How does one explain the intense animosity between Bolingbroke and Walpole which provides the energy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801480019
• ISBN13: 9780801480010
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher