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Inventing Burke: Edmund Burke and the Conservative Party, 1790-1918
… explores the circumstances by which Edmund Burke came to be regarded as the father of Anglo-conservatism. Conventional wisdom assumes Burke was hailed as a Conservative oracle from the moment <em>Reflections on the Revolution in France</em> appeared. In fact, nineteenth century Conservatives …
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‘Edmund Burke: Religion and Eighteenth-Century Modernity’
… the need for a comprehensive study of Edmund Burke’s representation of global religions throughout the general oeuvre of his writings and speeches. My objective is to advance the study of Burke by offering a critical account of his religious thought, as a critical imprint in his literature. In …
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Edmund Burke as Literary Critic and Esthetic Theorist
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Aristotelianism in the Rhetorical Theory of Kenneth Burke
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Love and Duty in the Political Thought of Edmund Burke
… first book-length study of the family in Edmund Burke’s political thought. It situates Burke’s ideas about the family within his broader interest in the civic importance of love and duty, which also encompassed love and duty toward friends, country, and mankind. Although the influence of what has …
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Operational profiling and statistical analysis of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
… Many shortcomings exist in the current Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)-class operational profiles. The current speed-time profile is out of date, based on another ship class, and does not depict the profile in one-knot increments. Additional profile data, such as how the engineering plant is operated and …
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Burke, Rhetoric and The Doctor: A Rhetorical Analysis of Doctor Who
… program, Doctor Who, using theories from Kenneth Burke. Series Five of the show is analyzed using Burke’s theory of identification, the representative anecdote and the dramatistic pentad. The analysis with identification theory exemplifies the show’s ability to create identification with the …
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The forensic Burke: A for(u)mative member of the parlor
… I detail the forensics education of Kenneth Burke, a leading rhetorical theorist and critic of the twentieth century. After investigating this previously unexamined area, I argue that Burke’s competitive forensics experiences pivotally informed his rhetorical schema. Theoretically guided by …
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Hang on to yourself: Bowie, Burke, and the rhetoric of stage persona
This study uses Kenneth Burke’s concepts and theories to examine the rhetorical implications of David Bowie’s use of the stage persona Ziggy Stardust in order to better understand how stage personae affect performers and their audiences. Employing Burke’s dramatistic pentad as a theoretical …
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Modeling the progressive flooding characteristics of the Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer using SIMSMART and Excel
… model an actual ship hull form, (the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)), in a progressive flooding scenario. A secondary goal is to create an organized process, complete with any necessary programs or software, which can be applied to any hull form in the future in order to create a progressive flooding …
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Individual as political symbol : Warren Hastings and Marie Antoinette in the writings of Edmund Burke.
Although Edmund Burke's political writings have exerted a considerable influence on English, European, and American thought, critics and historians over the last two hundred years have debated the exact nature of Burke's contributions. In the 1950s, however, a group of scholars including Russell …
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Robust control design and simulation of the maneuvering dynamics of an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer
Thesis (S.M. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M. in Ocean Systems Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1999.
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System identification and control of an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer using an extended Kalman filter
Thesis (Nav.E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2000.
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The Gastonia Novels and Ecofeminism: Rereading the Works of Fielding Burke Grace Lumpkin and Myra Page.
<p>This thesis examines Fielding Burke's <em>Call Home the Heart</em>, Grace Lumpkin's <em>To Make My Bread</em>, and Myra Page's <em>Gathering Storm</em> through the lens of ecofeminism, an interdisciplinary theory that contributes the necessary insight into the link between the abuse of power on …
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A contribuição da teoria política de Edmund Burke à atividade decisória judicial, no contexto do dissenso contemporâneo
… com base nas reflexões de Edmund Burke sobre a Revolução na França, através lente da hermenêutica filosófica gadameriana, compatibilizando-as com a abertura ao problema do dissenso e à realidade do pluralismo. Para tanto, fora realizada pesquisa bibliográfica em relação a diversos …
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The Making of an American Imperialist: Major Edward Austin Burke, Reconstruction New Orleans and the Road to Central America
… The storied career of Major Edward Austin Burke—a Kentucky-born Louisiana Democrat who went on to become a proponent of expansionism and imperialism in Honduras—illuminates the transnational implications of Reconstruction and its aftermath. Through careful examination of personal papers, …
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