Reflections on the Revolution in FranceOxford University Press, 1993 - 326 This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change. Written for a generation presented with challenges of terrible proportions--the Industrial, American, and French Revolutions, to name the most obvious--Burke's Reflections of the Revolution in France displays an acute awareness of how high political stakes can be, as well as a keen ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory. |
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... politics . His was a pragmatic approach above all else . What impressed him about political institutions was not their origins in speculative theories , but their capacity , or failure , to meet the real needs of men living in a political ...
... politics . His was a pragmatic approach above all else . What impressed him about political institutions was not their origins in speculative theories , but their capacity , or failure , to meet the real needs of men living in a political ...
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... political character , any existing institution should be approached with reverence . Any practice that had shown itself capable of binding men together in political communion for any length of time was entitled to respect . As he put it ...
... political character , any existing institution should be approached with reverence . Any practice that had shown itself capable of binding men together in political communion for any length of time was entitled to respect . As he put it ...
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... political system . There had to be a pruning to encourage new growth . The French , however , had gone far beyond this . They had decided to change everything at once in defiance of the prescription of history and the political ...
... political system . There had to be a pruning to encourage new growth . The French , however , had gone far beyond this . They had decided to change everything at once in defiance of the prescription of history and the political ...
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Letter to a Member of the National Assembly | 251 |
Explanatory Notes | 293 |
Index | 323 |
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