Burke on Tradition and Politic--an Aesthetic Understanding

• Main Authors: Hsiu-Jung Chi, 紀秀蓉
• Other Authors: Kuo-Shiang Tseng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11826398699061690839

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 政治學研究所 === 99 === Time back to French Revolution (1789), on the other side of the English Channel, a British philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-1797) vigorously appealed French was under a dangerous revolution. As he criticized, the protesters were eradicating the long tradition of France, blindly sublimed the abstract ideas of rights, such as liberty or equal. The dangerous of pursuing abstract ideas, would caused unrecoverable damages in political practices and were also against the human nature. The core and vital of tradition, for Burke, is it brings the intellectual knowledge abreast of modern developments, actively improve and modify those inappropriate contexts. This is why abstract ideas of rights are not persuasive, and tradition is worth been relied. This thesis will focus on Burke’s aesthetic. First, regard the core cause of his social construction is related to his aesthetic. Then, explain how his noble and aesthetic ideas in politics combine with tradition. Last, point out his critics to Rationalism also comes from his ideas of human nature. It is proved that to comprehend his politics through his aesthetic won’t cause conflicts between Ancient Constitutionalism, but can replenish those vogue parts in his political writings.