He also supplies an extended note on the text, a biographical guide, and a bibliography, helpfully presented in discursive form. The editor's notes are also fuller than those of any previous edition, glossing many literary and biblical allusions missed by previous editors. Burke is suggesting that the Revolution Society has been taken over by 2 Reections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke Part 1 ‘new members’ he doesn’t seriously think that their purposes are ‘pious’ or that their attitude to secrecy is ‘truly Christian‘. But the Introduction is more than a compendium of information it is a thoughtful, coherent interpretation of Burke and his book. It situates the Reflections in Burke's life and the development of his ideas, the history of English political thought, the debate about the French Revolution, and the debate the book itself inspired. The editor's Introduction is much more extensive than that of any previous edition. It is certain to become the standard edition for scholars and students alike. The Reflections on the Revolution in France was a dire warning of the consequences that would follow the mismanagement of change. Alone among recent versions, it reprints the text of the first edition of the Reflections, and shows how Burke amended it as his knowledge of the Revolution deepened. Burke was acutely aware of how high the stakes were. This edition aims to locate Burke once again in his contemporary political and intellectual setting. Reflections on the Revolution in France is a classic work in a range of fields from history through political science to literature, and securely holds its place among the canon of "great books." Yet its meaning is still contested and often misunderstood, equally by those who wish to admire or to denigrate Burke for his present-day relevance. In the twentieth century, it much influenced conservative and classical liberal intellectuals, who recast Burke's Whig arguments as a critique of Communism and Socialist revolutionary programmes.The French Revolution is a defining moment in world history, and usually it has been first approached by English-speaking readers through the picture painted of it by Edmund Burke. Reflections on the Revolution in France and Other Writings Edmund Burke 4.12 33 ratings9 reviews The most important works of Edmund Burke, the greatest political thinker of the past three centuries, are gathered here in one comprehensive volume. Reflections on the Revolution in France is a 1790 book by Edmund Burke, one of the best-known intellectual attacks against the (then-infant) French Revolution. Download cover art Download CD case insert Reflections on the Revolution in France
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