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Reflections on the Revolution in France
Edmund Burke
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Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, L. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199539024
SKU
V9780199539024
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About Edmund Burke
Born and educated in Oxford, Leslie Mitchell is also the author of Charles James Fox (1992, #25).
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