Reflections on the Revolution in FranceBurke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror. A scathing attack on the revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, it makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs, argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionary change - and deplores the influence Burke feared the revolution might have in Britain. Reflections on the Revolution in France is now widely regarded as a classic statement of conservative political thought, and is one of the eighteenth century's great works of political rhetoric. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 57
Página
... The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography of Edmund Burke (1992), Ancestral Voices: Religion and Nationalism in Ireland (1994), On the Eve of the Millennium (1996) and The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution (1996).
... The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography of Edmund Burke (1992), Ancestral Voices: Religion and Nationalism in Ireland (1994), On the Eve of the Millennium (1996) and The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution (1996).
Página
... find religious assemblies turned into a sort of places of exercise and discipline for politicks, and for the nourishment of a.
... find religious assemblies turned into a sort of places of exercise and discipline for politicks, and for the nourishment of a.
Página
He was Irish and of old native, not recent settler stock; in the words of a modern biographer, 'Edmund Burke was pure Irish' † This distinction was, in some ways, more basic than that of formal religious profession.
He was Irish and of old native, not recent settler stock; in the words of a modern biographer, 'Edmund Burke was pure Irish' † This distinction was, in some ways, more basic than that of formal religious profession.
Página
To an unknown correspondent who – at the height of the Revolution controversy – inquired about his religious beliefs, he replied that having been baptized and educated in the Church of England he had 'seen no cause to abandon that ...
To an unknown correspondent who – at the height of the Revolution controversy – inquired about his religious beliefs, he replied that having been baptized and educated in the Church of England he had 'seen no cause to abandon that ...
Página
This emotional disposition in religious matters has surely much to do both with the nature and with the promptness of his ... Burke's Irish origin and connexions affect his response to the Revolution in other ways besides the religious.
This emotional disposition in religious matters has surely much to do both with the nature and with the promptness of his ... Burke's Irish origin and connexions affect his response to the Revolution in other ways besides the religious.
Comentarios de la gente - Escribir un comentario
No encontramos ningún comentario en los lugares habituales.
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain ... Edmund Burke Vista de fragmentos - 1969 |
Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain ... Edmund Burke Vista de fragmentos - 1969 |
Términos y frases comunes
appear army authority become beginning believe body Burke Burke’s called cause character church citizens civil common concern conduct confiscation consider considerable constitution contribution course crown destroy direct edition effect election England English equal establishment estates evil example exist favour feelings follow force France French give given hands honour human ideas individuals interest kind king kingdom landed least Letter liberty live look Lord manner means mind moral National Assembly nature never object observed opinion original Paris persons political possession present preserve principles proceedings produce question reason received reference Reflections regard religion representative respect Revolution seems sense situation society sort spirit succession thing thought true virtue whilst whole wish writings
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Reflections on the Revolution in France Penguin English library |
| Autor | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Conor O'Brien |
| Editor | Penguin UK, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0141907886, 9780141907888 |
| Largo | 416 páginas |
| Exportar cita | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |