Joseph Hamburger, Paul Kress, Lewis Lipsitz, and Harvey Mansfield discuss Edmund Burke, the eighteenth-century English statesman, political philosopher, and a founder of both modern conservatism and party politics. They outline Burke’s notions about political parties, partisan loyalties, and unorthodox political principles.
At the time of this interview, Hamburger was professor of political science at Yale University. Kress was professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lipsitz was professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mansfield, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1981-83),was professor of government at Harvard University.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
