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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 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 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).