- 著者
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岸本 広司
- 出版者
- 岐阜聖徳学園大学
- 雑誌
- 聖徳学園岐阜教育大学紀要 (ISSN:09160175)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.30, pp.223-247, 1995-09-30
Edmund Burke is generally recognized as the father of modern conservatism. For conservaties, he has been a continuing source of inspiration and a reservoir of ideas to counter the steady growth of radicalism and revolution since his day. As a conservative, what Burke had to conserve before everything else was the British Constitution. It seemed to him the best of constitutions. He did not regard the British Constitution as perfect, but he looked upon it as perfect for Englishmen. The purpose of this study is to clear the conservative political thought of Edmund Burke by considering his "Speech to the Electors of Bristol" and his plan for Economical Reform.