Edmund Burke and the theory of international relations

Edmund Burke and the theory of international relations

Burke did not count himself a theorist. Metaphysics, abstraction, was stuff for professor So If the speculation of the classroom was brought too close to the life of politics the result was unsettling, dangerous, revolutionary. Politicians should be people of practice not theory, attending to circum...

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Published in:Review of international studies Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 205 - 218
Main Author: Vincent, R. J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01-07-1984
Butterworth Scientific Limited
Butterworths
Subjects:
Burke, Edmund
French Revolution
International politics
International relations
National politics
Political extremism
Political philosophy
Political revolutions
Religion
Theory
Treaties
War
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Summary:Burke did not count himself a theorist. Metaphysics, abstraction, was stuff for professor So If the speculation of the classroom was brought too close to the life of politics the result was unsettling, dangerous, revolutionary. Politicians should be people of practice not theory, attending to circumstance before principle, working within a tradition not innovating, reforming before countenancing revolution. They should be concerned with the whole of human nature and not just with human reason, with feeling as well as with thought.
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ISSN:0260-2105
1469-9044
DOI:10.1017/S0260210500116201