Reflections on the Revolution in France and Other Writings: Edited and Introduced by Jesse Norman Contributor(s): Burke, Edmund (Author), Norman, Jesse (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375712534 ISBN-13: 9780375712531 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $28.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism |
Dewey: 944.04 |
LCCN: 2015020950 |
Series: Everyman's Library Classics |
Physical Information: 2" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (2.10 lbs) 1160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The most important works of Edmund Burke, the greatest political thinker of the past three centuries, are gathered here in one comprehensive volume. Accompanying his influential masterpiece, Reflections on the Revolution in France, is a selection of pamphlets, speeches, public letters, private correspondence and, for the first time, two important and previously uncollected early essays. Philosopher, statesman, and founder of conservatism, Burke was a dazzling orator and a visionary theorist who spent his long political career fighting abuses of power. He wrote at a time of great change, against the backdrop of the revolt of the American colonies, the expansion of the British Empire, the collapse of Ireland, and the French Revolution. Burke argued passionately in support of the American revolutionaries and in equally impassioned opposition to the horrors of the unfolding French Revolution. Making a case for upholding established rights and customs, and advocating incremental reform rather than radical revolutionary change, Burke's writings have profoundly influenced modern democracies up to the present day. Edited and Introduced by Jesse Norman. |