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Reflections on the Revolution in France
- Author
- Edmund Burke
- Narrator
- Bernard Mayes
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 24 August 2012
- Run Time
- 11 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- European history, History
What to expect
This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true “social order.” As a Christian––he was not a man of the Enlightenment––Burke knew religion to be man’s greatest good and established order to be a fundamental pillar of civilization.
Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world. Said Russell Kirk, “The Reflections must be read by anyone who wishes to understand the great controversies of modern politics.”
Critics Review
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“Burke’s views are as pertinent today as they were two hundred years ago. His comments and criticisms of the French Revolution can be applied to twentieth-century revolutions. It is interesting that his reflections are echoed by so many revisionist French Revolution historians in the past several years.”
Professor Jeanne A. Ojala, University of Utah
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“Burke’s views are as pertinent today as they were two hundred years ago…It is interesting that his reflections are echoed by so many revisionist French Revolution historians in the past several years.”
Professor Jeanne A. Ojala, University of Utah
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Details
- Author
- Edmund Burke
- Narrator
- Bernard Mayes
- Duration
- 11 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 August 2012
- ISBN
- 9781481574341
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- European history, History
Synopsis
This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true “social order.” As a Christian––he was not a man of the Enlightenment––Burke knew religion to be man’s greatest good and established order to be a fundamental pillar of civilization.Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world. Said Russell Kirk, “The Reflections must be read by anyone who wishes to understand the great controversies of modern politics.”
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