Revolutionary Writings

by Edmund Burke, Iain Hampsher-Monk (Editor)

Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France was the first sustained theoretical critique of the French Revolution; and is now recognised as the classic statement of modern conservatism. Reflections surveys the British political culture of traditionalism, gradualism and deference, and contrasts it with the French Revolutionaries' programme of appeal to abstract right, transformational change and popular agency. Ultimately Burke advocated a counterrevolutionary war and the restoration of the French monarchy. This accessible new edition brings together for the first time Burke's first and last published thoughts on the revolution including as it does the first Letter on a Regicide Peace; a work that has contributed to a particular view of international society. Featuring a comprehensive introduction and extensive annotations, Iain Hampsher-Monk's edition helps readers new to Burke to better understand the historical, political and philosophical context behind his writings, and the significance of contemporary and classical allusions.

Genres: Politics, History, Philosophy

419 pages, Paperback

First published January 23, 2014

About the author

After A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful , aesthetic treatise of 1757, Edmund Burke, also noted Irish British politician and writer, supported the cause of the American colonists in Parliament but took a more conservative position in his Reflections on the Revolution in France in 1790.

Edmund Burke, an Anglo statesman, author, orator, and theorist, served for many years in the House of Commons as a member of the Whig party. People remember mainly the dispute with George III, great king, and his leadership and strength. The latter made Burke to lead figures, dubbed the "old" faction of the Whig against new Charles James Fox. Burke published a work and attempted to define triggering of emotions and passions in a person. Burke worked and founded the Annual Register, a review. People often regard him as the Anglo founder.

Reviews

[Mansooreh Mousavi · Rating 4 out of 5]

ترجمه‌ی فارسی بی‌نهایت افتضاحی داره این کتاب و به نظرم اگر کسی دوست داره این کتاب رو بخونه، همون اول سراغ متن انگلیسی بره. متن انگلیسی‌اش هم یکم سنگین هست اما طوری نیست که فهمیده نشه. در کل کتاب جالبیه.یک مورخ ایرلندی به فاصله‌ی کمی از انقلاب۱۷۸۹ فرانسه نامه‌هایی رو به یک دوست فرانسوی می‌نویسه و توضیح میده که چرا فرانسوی‌ها اینقدر بی‌پروا دست به انقلاب زدند درحالیکه در انگلستان در همین شرایط اتفاق‌های دیگه‌ای رخ داده.

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Burke is superb. The first 2/3 of the Reflections is packed with wisdom and powerful refutations of progressive and radical politics. His prose is second to none.