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Reflections on the Revolution in France

An Abridgement with Supporting Texts
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
306 Seiten
Englisch
Broadview Press Incerschienen am09.12.2021
This abridgement of Reflections on the Revolution in France preserves the dynamism of Edmund Burke's polemic while excising a number of detail-laden passages that are of less interest to modern readers. Brian R. Clack's introduction offers a compelling overview of the text and explores the consistency and coherence of Burke's views.mehr
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KlappentextThis abridgement of Reflections on the Revolution in France preserves the dynamism of Edmund Burke's polemic while excising a number of detail-laden passages that are of less interest to modern readers. Brian R. Clack's introduction offers a compelling overview of the text and explores the consistency and coherence of Burke's views.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-55481-442-8
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2021
Erscheinungsdatum09.12.2021
Seiten306 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 140 mm, Höhe 213 mm, Dicke 3 mm
Gewicht363 g
Artikel-Nr.7651173

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Appendix A: Background Materials1. Sir George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, from The Character of a Trimmer (1688)2. The Bill of Rights, 16893. Edmund Burke, from A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757)4. Declaration of the Rights of Men and of Citizens (1789)5. Richard Price, from A Discourse on the Love of our Country (1789)6. Congratulatory Address from the Revolution Society to the National Assembly of France, Nov. 4, 1789Appendix B: Burke and the American RevolutionAppendix C: Burke's First Responses to the French Revolution: "Gazing with Astonishment"1. From a Letter to the Earl of Charlemont, 9 August 17892. From a Letter to Charles-Jean-François Depont, November 17893. From "Substance of the Speech on the Army Estimates", 9 February 1790Appendix D: Burke's Later Thoughts on the Revolution: "At War with an Armed Doctrine"1. From Thoughts on French Affairs(1791)2. From "Remarks on the Policy of the Allies" (1793)3. From Letters on a Regicide Peace (1795-1797)Appendix E: Burke on Reform and Innovation1. From "Speech on St. George's Fields Massacre", 8 March 17692. From Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770)3. From "Speech on the Bill for Explaining the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libels", March 7, 17714. From "Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th February, 1780) a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament, and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and other Establishments" (1780)5. From "Speech on a Motion Made in the House of Commons, May 7, 1782, for a Committee to Inquire into the State of the Representation of the Commons in Parliament" (1782)6. From An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791)7. From "A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the Subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" (1792)8. From "A Letter to a Noble Lord" (1796)Appendix F: Burke on Rousseau and the "Philosophy of Vanity"1. From "A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs" (1791)Appendix G: Contemporary Responses to Burke's Censure of the French Revolution1. The Mercer-Burke Correspondence, February 17902. Philip Francis, from a Letter to Edmund Burke, 3 November 17903. Frances Burney (Madame D'Arblay), from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay (1778-1840)4. Richard Price, from A Discourse on the Love of our Country (Fourth edition) (1790)5. Mary Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)6. Catherine Macaulay, from Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke on the Revolution in France (1790)7. Joseph Priestley, from Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)8. Thomas Paine, from Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution (1791)9. Jane Burke, from a Letter to William Burke, 21 March 1791 (documenting King George III's reaction to Burke's Reflections)10. Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to Benjamin Vaughan, 11 May 179111. James Mackintosh, from Vindiciae Gallicae: Defence of the French Revolution and its English Admirers, against the Accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke (1791)12. The Mackintosh-Burke Correspondence, December 1796Appendix H: "Delivered Over to Infamy at the End of a Long Life"1. Selections from Burke's two speeches on the Quebec Bill, May 1791mehr

Autor

Brian R. Clack is Professor of Philosophy and A. Vassiliadis Director of the Humanities Center at the University of San Diego. He is the author or co-author of several books including The Philosophy of Religion: A Critical Introduction (Polity), and co-editor of Philosophy and the Human Condition (Oxford University Press).