Intends to propound the author's theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as wholly separate states - the first, an experience... Læs mere
In his Enquiry Edmund Burke overturned the Platonic tradition in aesthetics and replaced metaphysics with... Læs mere
The legacy of the French Revolution critiqued by the most important thinkers of the day.
Presenting a scathing attack on the French revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, this work makes a cogent case for upholding... Læs mere
New edition of the leading theoretical articulation against the French Revolution which brings... Læs mere
Part of a three-volume set, this text presents selected work of Edmund Burke on English history and political thought. This first... Læs mere
A collection that brings together Edmund Burke's writings on the French Revolution that anticipate, refine, and summarise the works in his famous... Læs mere
Part of a three-volume set, this text presents selected work of Edmund Burke on English history and political thought. This third volume presents his "Letters on a Regicide Peace"(1795-1796).
Includes "Burke's Reflections" and "Pocock's Reflections on Burke and the Eighteenth Century".
A thinker whose range transcends formal boundaries, Burke has been highly prized by both conservatives and liberals, and this new edition charts the development of Burke's thought and its importance as a response to the events of his day.
Edmund Burke (1729–97) first published in 1757 this enquiry into the psychological origins of aesthetic taste. His doctrine of the sublime was to influence artistic and literary perceptions for years to come. Reissued here is the revised second edition, which appeared in 1759.