Is there a political philosophy of conservatism? A history of the phenomenon
אנו שמחים להזמין אתכם ביום רביעי, 20 ביוני 2018, בשעה 14:15 (שימו לב לשינוי בשעה מן המועד השגור שלנו) להרצאה של פרופ׳ ריצ׳רד ברק מאוניברסיטת קווין מרי בלונדון: “What is Conservatism? History, Ideology and Party” ד״ר אפרים פודוקסיק מהמחלקה שלנו ישמש כמגיב כולם מוזמנים.
תקציר ההרצאה
Is there a political philosophy of conservatism? A history of the phenomenon
written along sceptical lines casts doubt on the existence of a transhistorical doctrine, or even an enduring conservative outlook. The main typologies of conservatism uniformly trace its origins to opposition to the French Revolution. Accordingly, Edmund Burke is standardly singled out as the ‘father’ of this style of politics. Yet Burke was de facto an opposition Whig who devoted his career to assorted programmes of reform. In restoring Burke to his original milieu, the argument presented here takes issue with twentieth-century accounts of conservative ideology developed by such figures as Karl Mannheim, Klaus
Epstein and Samuel Huntington. It argues that the idea of a conservative tradition is best seen as a belated construction, and that the notion of a univocal philosophy of conservatism is basically misconceived.
אודות המרצה
Professor Bourke’s work has focused on the history of political theory, particularly on enlightenment political thought, but also on ancient intellectual history and political ideas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His principal publications include Empire and Revolution: The Political Life of Edmund Burke (Princeton University Press, 2015), Peace in Ireland: The war of Ideas (Pimlico, 2012), Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective (co-edited with Quentin Skinner, Cambridge University Press, 2016), The Princeton History of Modern Ireland (co-edited with Ian McBride, Princeton University Press, 2016), and Political Judgment: Essays for John Dunn (co-edited with Raymond Geuss, Cambridge University Press, 2009).
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