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Author:

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Title:

Reflections on the revolution in France / Edmund Burke ; edited with an introduction and notes by L.G. Mitchell.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxiv, 326 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Correspondence.
France--Foreign public opinion, British.--Revolution, 1789-1799--Foreign public opinion, British.
Public opinion--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797.--Reflections on the Revolution in France.

Other Authors:

Mitchell, L. G. (Leslie George)

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: 1999. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxi]-xxii) and index.

Contents:

Editor's Preface -- Introduction: Edmund Burke: The Political Actor Thinking -- Reflections on the Revolution in France -- Rethinking Reflections on the Revolution in France -- Edmund Burke: Prophet Against the Tyranny of the Politics of Theory -- Edmund Burke and the Literary Cabal: A Tale of Two Enlightenments -- Why American Constitutionalism Worked -- Democracy, Social Science, and Rationality, Reflections on Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France -- Suggested Readings -- Glossary -- Index.

Summary:

"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." -- from publisher's website.

Series:

Oxford world's classics

ISBN:

0199539022
9780199539024

OCLC:

(OCoLC)426150312

LCCN:

2009464225

Locations:

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)