Edmund Burke: Modernity, Politics and Aesthetics

by Stephen K. White

Book Overview

Edmund Burke and the Dangers of Modernity examines the philosophy of Burke in view of its contribution to our understanding of modernity. This interpretation of Burke begins with particular attention to the circumstances in which he lived and wrote. The outline of Burke′s life forms the basis for the more specific insights developed in the following chapters. Author, Stephen White, examines whether Burke′s critique of political modernity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803936680
• ISBN13: 9780803936683
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.9"