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Author O'Neill, Daniel I., 1967- author.

Title Edmund Burke and the conservative logic of empire / Daniel I. O'Neill.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Berkeley Series in British Studies ; 10
Berkeley series in British studies ; 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Edmund Burke's conservative logic of empire -- Burke and empire in context -- The new world -- India -- Ireland -- Conclusion: Ornamentalism, Orientalism, and the legacy of Burke's conservative logic of empire.
Summary "Edmund Burke, long considered modern conservatism's founding father, is also widely believed to be an opponent of empire. However, Daniel O'Neill turns that latter belief on its head. This fresh and innovative book shows that Burke was a passionate supporter and staunch defender of the British Empire in the eighteenth century, whether in the New World, India, or Ireland. Moreover--and against a growing body of contemporary scholarship that rejects the very notion that Burke was an exemplar of conservatism--O'Neill demonstrates that Burke's defense of empire was in fact ideologically consistent with his conservative opposition to the French Revolution. Burke's logic of empire relied on two opposing but complementary theoretical strategies: Ornamentalism, which stressed cultural similarities between "civilized" societies, as he understood them, and Orientalism, which stressed the putative cultural differences distinguishing "savage" societies from their "civilized" counterparts. This incisive book also shows that Burke's argument had lasting implications, as his development of these two justifications for empire prefigured later intellectual defenses of British imperialism"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Criticism and interpretation.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 -- Political and social views.
Political and social views.
Imperialism -- 18th century.
Imperialism.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
Great Britain.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: O'Neill, Daniel I., 1967- Edmund Burke and the conservative logic of empire 9780520287822 (DLC) 2015035745 (OCoLC)922799492
ISBN 9780520962866 (electronic book)
0520962869 (electronic book)
9780520287822 (print)
9780520287839 (print)
0520287827
0520287835
Standard No. 40025813682
Sudoc No. -