Philosopher, statesman, and founder of modern conservatism, Edmund Burke is both the greatest and most under-rated political thinker of the past three-hundred years. Born in Ireland in 1729, and greatly affected by its bigotry and extremes, his career constituted a lifelong struggle against the abuse of power.
Amid the 18th century's golden generation that included his companions Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson and Edward Gibbon, Burke's controversial mixture of conservative and subversive theories made him first a marginal figure, and finally a revered theorist - a hero of the Romantics. He warned of the effects of British rule in Ireland, the loss of the American colonies, and most famously, he foresaw the disastrous consequences of revolution in France. This he predicted, would trigger extremism, terror and the atomisation of society - a profound analysis that continues to resonate today.
Κατασκευαστής
- Συγγραφέας
- Jesse Norman
- Εκδότης
- William Collins
- Αριθμός σελίδων
- 320
- Ημερομηνία Κυκλοφορίας
- -
- Έτος έκδοσης
- 2014
- Διαστάσεις
- 12.9x19.8 cm
- Γλώσσα
- Αγγλικά
- Εξώφυλλο
- Μαλακό
- Γεωπολιτική Περιοχή
- Ευρώπη, ΗΠΑ
- ISBN-13
- 9780007489640
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