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Item The Bolingbrokean Constitutional Argument In John Adams’s 1766 Clarendon Letter(Journal of the American Revolution, 2021-07-12) Li, HaimoIt is evident that John Adams directly borrowed from Bolingbroke in his January 1766 “Clarendon” letter.Item A Brief Introduction of Two Books Published in Macao in the 1810s, Preserved in the Personal Collection of US President Thomas Jefferson(2021-06) Li, HaimoThis paper briefly explores and documents the information of the two books published in Macao in the 1810s, subsequently preserved in the personal collection of US President Thomas Jefferson.Item Edmund Burke and Thomas Jefferson on Montesquieu(Journal of the American Revolution, 2021-10-06) Li, Haimothe late works of Edmund Burke (1790-1797) and those of Thomas Jefferson (1809-1826) shared plenty of overlapping consensus, much more than scholars generally ever think of. Their agreement on the assessment and evaluation of Montesquieu’s writings is a nice example. They both admired Montesquieu’s writings, but simultaneously harbored some dissatisfaction towards Montesquieu’s errors, particularly in regards to his method.Item Edmund Burke on the Irish Protestant Plebeian Oligarchy(Journal of Social Theory, 2021-05) Li, HaimoThis paper systematically explores the theoretical connotations of Edmund Burke’s political thought on the so called “Irish Protestant Plebeian Oligarchy” problem.Item The Intellectual Origin Of The US Constitution Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3: An Important Contribution From Maryland(Journal of the American Revolution, 2021-06-23) Li, HaimoThe intellectual origin of US Constitution Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 was largely based on the 1776 Maryland Declaration of Rights. It was the influence of the State of Maryland, with its bold declaration of rights in 1776, that led to the national adoption of a small but important part of the United States Constitution.Item Jefferson and Burke On Marat, Danton, and Robespierre(Journal of the American Revolution, 2021-09-15) Li, HaimoEven though Jefferson fiercely attacked Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France in 1791, his subsequent comments on the growth and development of French Jacobinism (by the Insurrection of 31 May–2 June, 1793, it eventually seized the power) was not so different from Burke’s analysis of the same political group. They had plenty of overlapping consensus in their views. The real difference lies in the fact that Jefferson thought Marat, Danton, and Robespierre were largely “bought off” by the British government, that they effectively they sold their souls to British interests. This was probably the thing that Burke would never have agreed with.Item Lord Bolingbroke: A Tory Thinker That Jefferson Truly Admired(Journal of the American Revolution, 2021-09-22) Li, HaimoPerhaps Jefferson’s admiration of Bolingbroke would help to bring us a better understanding of his 1801 First Inaugural Address, in which Jefferson famously said, “every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.” A Federalist who is open-minded to the Republican principles would be a good Federalist, just like Bolingbroke, a Tory who is open-minded to the Whig principles would be a good Tory.Item The Possibility of the confluence of Conservatism and Progressivism --- On Woodrow Wilson’s acceptance of Burke’s teachings(Social Sciences in Shenzhen, 2021-09) Li, HaimoNowadays, the uncontrolled political polarization seems to be a quite salient global phenomenon, the endless battle between progressivism and conservatism begs a key question: are they really mutually exclusive and henceforth, utterly impossible for any reconciliation? This article revisits Woodrow Wilson’s systematic reading and digest of the writings of Edmund Burke, and shows that in reality, the elements of the classic Burkean conservatism had already been built up and properly preserved within the exact intellectual origins of the modern progressivism. Woodrow Wilson’s admiration for Burke did not stop him from joining into the progressive movement, and his famous progressivism also did not indicate he ever harbor any attempt to abandon the influence of Burkean theories. We defnitely can learn a lot from Wilson’s readings and understandings of Burke.Item The Burkean Theme in the Late Jefferson’s Political Writings (1809-1826)(2021-05) Li, Haimo; Bailey, Jeremy D.; Church, Jeffrey; Fumurescu, Alin; Matthews, Richard K.My dissertation focuses on the political thought of the late Jefferson (1809-1826). I find that Jefferson’s thought, surprisingly, was not that different from Edmund Burke’s post French Revolution writings. This finding is quite counterintuitive and also opposed to existed mainstream scholarship, which assumes Burke and Jefferson both viewed each other as degraded madman in the aftermath of French Revolution. That is, scholars believe that Burke thought that Jefferson fell from a whig to a radical Jacobin and that Jefferson saw Burke as a fallen whig who became reactionary Tory. My studies show that, in reality, they were both still whigs, and the theoretical difference between them is more nominal rather than substantial. The late Jefferson displayed a significant shift, from the early 1790s revolutionary fervor to a more cautious and more calm status. What he had in mind is basically a republican polity ultimately controlled by the people but routinely exercised by the natural aristocracy and reliable political representatives. The robust popular control is theoretically compatible with a more or less “trustee” model of sound political representation. By understanding this, scholars of the early republic can better understand the entire Jeffersonian/Republican political agenda in 1810s-1820s. Likewise, the dissertation sheds light on the enduring and timely problem of aristocracy, especially whether it is natural or artificial.Item Three New Perspectives on American Political Polarization(Twenty-First Century, 2021-04) Li, HaimoThis paper systematically explores and analyzes three new perspectives on the phenomenon of American political polarization, coming respectively from Morris P. Fiorina (Stanford), Ian Shapiro (Yale) and Alin Fumurescu (UH).