Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was the dominant political thinker of the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England. His reputation depends less on his role as a practising politician than on his ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory. Above all, he commented on change. He tried to teach lessons about how change should be managed, what limits should not be transgressed, and what should be reverently preserved. Burke's generation was much in need of advice on these matters. The Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution, and catastrophically, the French Revolution presented challenges of terrible proportions. They could promise paradise or threaten anarchy. Burke was acutely aware of how high the stakes were. The Reflections on the Revolution in France was a dire warning of the consequences that would follow the mismanagement of change.

Born and educated in Oxford, Leslie Mitchell is also the author of Charles James Fox (1992, #25).

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ISBN 13	9780199539024
ISBN 10	0199539022
Title	Reflections on the Revolution in France
Author	Edmund Burke
Series	Oxford World's Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2009-03-26
Number of pages	352
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