TY - JOUR
T1 - Edmund Burke’s Letter To A Noble Lord
T2 - A Textual Study In Political Philosophy And Rhetorical Action
AU - Browne, Stephen H.
PY - 1988/9
Y1 - 1988/9
N2 - The enduring importance of Edmund Burke to the study of public address may be attributed to his capacity for conducting political philosophy through the conventional genres of rhetoric. This achievement, however, has led to a bifurcation, in which Burke is appropriated as a philosopher of politics or as a rhetorician of expedience. This essay approaches Burke’s thought as it is constituted rhetorically, and may thus serve as a corrective to this tradition. By examining in detail Burke’s Letter to a Noble Lord, we are led to see in Burke’s rhetoric an over-riding concern for the alignment of principle with public action; thus situated, the Letter provides an excellent opportunity to see how theoretical precepts may be activated with the constraints of individual will and human community.
AB - The enduring importance of Edmund Burke to the study of public address may be attributed to his capacity for conducting political philosophy through the conventional genres of rhetoric. This achievement, however, has led to a bifurcation, in which Burke is appropriated as a philosopher of politics or as a rhetorician of expedience. This essay approaches Burke’s thought as it is constituted rhetorically, and may thus serve as a corrective to this tradition. By examining in detail Burke’s Letter to a Noble Lord, we are led to see in Burke’s rhetoric an over-riding concern for the alignment of principle with public action; thus situated, the Letter provides an excellent opportunity to see how theoretical precepts may be activated with the constraints of individual will and human community.
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U2 - 10.1080/03637758809376168
DO - 10.1080/03637758809376168
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959242679
SN - 0363-7751
VL - 55
SP - 215
EP - 229
JO - Communication Monographs
JF - Communication Monographs
IS - 3
ER -