HIS241H1 Lecture : HIS241 - October 25.docx
Document Summary
Burke insisted that there could be and sometimes should be change but it had to occur naturally: natural, gradual and part of an organic development, long term survival depends on the practical needs of experience. Emphasis on the individual and individual rights was nonsense: there was no separation between the individual and society, the individual is part of the collective society. The individuals who made up society were bound because society is bigger than them. Is an organism that has evolved over centuries. The catholic church was one of the solidifying links in society. Church and state had to work together: the pope was the most supreme authority. Hereditary monarchy should be restored as the only "legitimate" rule. 2 influential conservative arguments: emphasis on historical conditioning of social institutions, all social institutions are shaped historically. Reaction against the enlightenment thinking as they understood it.
