Lecturer in Ethics, Politics and Economics Gregory Collins has an article on University of Texas Civitas Outlook entitled “What Did the Godfather of Conservatism Think about the Jewish People?”
Abstract:
Playing footsie with a Groyper is child’s play, but scrutinizing the roots of conservatism’s relationship with Judaism is a test of intellectual valor. Would Tucker dare pass it? The debate over, sparked by the Fuentes-Carlson affair, prompts the question of how Edmund Burke, an Anglican, understood the Jewish people. Although Burke’s most famous work, Reflections on the Revolution in France, is known as the founding text of conservatism, it also subtly pushes anti-Semitic tropes that fed the prejudices of the book’s discerning readers. Yet Burke demonstrated deep sympathy toward the Jews in other contexts, including in one overlooked episode of his life when he established a firm moral argument in defense of the global Jewish community. The conservative godfather’s fondness for the Jewish people, in short, revolts against the irritable mental gestures of Groyper drivel.