Dr. Richard Bourke
Professor of the History of Political Thought, King’s College, University of Cambridge.
e-mail: rb875@cam.ac.uk
Some recent publications
- Bourke, R. (2017).
Empire and Revolution:The Political Life of Edmund Burke. Princeton University Press.
- Bourke, R. & McBride, I., eds. (2016).
The Princeton History of Modern Ireland. Princeton University Press.
- Bourke, R. & Skinner, Q., eds. (2017).
Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Texts to download
- Bourke, R. (2018).
“What is Conservatism? History, Ideology and Party”. European Journal of Political Theory, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 449-475.
- Bourke, R. (2017).
“Inventing Democracy: Participation in Political Thought”. University of Vienna. 9th Gerald Stourzh Lecture on the History of Human Rights and Democracy. Held on 10 May 2017.
- Bourke, R. (2016).
“Reflections on the Political Thought of the Irish Revolution”. Read on 9 September 2016 at the University of Teesside.
- Bourke, R. (2011).
“Languages of Conflict and the Northern Ireland Troubles”. The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 544-578.
- Bourke, R. (2009).
“Theory and Practice: the Revolution in Political Judgement”, in Bourke, R. & Geuss, R., eds. Political Judgement. Cambridge University Press, pp. 74-112.
- Bourke, R. (2008).
“Enlightenment, Revolution and Democracy”. Constellations, Vol. 15, No 1, pp. 10-32.
- Bourke, R. (2007).
“Edmund Burke and the Politics of Conquest”. Modern Intellectual History, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 403–432.
- Bourke, R. (2000).
“Liberty, Authority, and Trust in Burke’s Idea of Empire”. Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 453-471.