The Science of Sensibility: Reading Burke's Philosophical Enquiry

Download or read book The Science of Sensibility: Reading Burke's Philosophical Enquiry written by Koen Vermeir and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attracting philosophers, politicians, artists as well as the educated reader, Edmund Burke’s Philosophical Enquiry, first published in 1757, was a milestone in western thinking. This edited volume will take the 250th anniversary of the Philosophical Enquiry as an occasion to reassess Burke’s prominence in the history of ideas. Situated on the threshold between early modern philosophy and the Enlightenment, Burke’s oeuvre combines reflections on aesthetics, politics and the sciences. This collection is the first book length work devoted primarily to Burke’s Philosophical Enquiry in both its historical context and for its contemporary relevance. It will establish the fact that the Enquiry is an important philosophical and literary work in its own right.