Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France

Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 99
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ISBN-10 : 9781108045407
ISBN-13 : 1108045405
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Synopsis Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France by : Catharine Macaulay

Influential historian and feminist Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) writes in support of the French Revolution in this 1790 political pamphlet.

A Vindication of the Rights of Men

A Vindication of the Rights of Men
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Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages : 88
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ISBN-10 : 9783849649746
ISBN-13 : 3849649741
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Synopsis A Vindication of the Rights of Men by : Mary Wollstonecraft

In 1790 came that "extraordinary outburst of passionate intelligence," Mary Wollstonecraft's reply to Edmund Burke's attack on the principles of the French Revolution entitled a "Vindication of the Rights of Men." In this pamphlet she held up to scorn Burke's defence of monarch and nobility, his merciless sentimentality. "It is one of the most dashing political polemics in the language," Mr. Taylor writes enthusiastically, "and has not had the attention it deserves. . . . For sheer virility and grip of her verbal instruments it is probably the finest of her works. Some of her sentences have the quality of a sword-edge, and they flash with the rapidity of a practised duellist. It was written at a white heat of indignation; yet it is altogether typical of the writer that, in the midst of the work, quite suddenly, she had one of her fits of callousness and morbid temper, and declared she would not go on. With great skill Johnson persuaded her to take it up again; and with equal suddenness her eagerness returned, and the book was finished and published before any one else could answer Burke."

Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy

Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 581
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ISBN-10 : 9781108489409
ISBN-13 : 1108489400
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy by : Gregory M. Collins

This book explores Edmund Burke's economic thought through his understanding of commerce in wider social, imperial, and ethical contexts.

Empire and Revolution

Empire and Revolution
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 1029
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ISBN-10 : 9781400873456
ISBN-13 : 1400873452
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Empire and Revolution by : Richard Bourke

A major new account of one of the leading philosopher-statesmen of the eighteenth century Edmund Burke (1730–97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history. He grappled with the significance of the British Empire in India, fought for reconciliation with the American colonies, and was a vocal critic of national policy during three European wars. He also advocated reform in Britain and became a central protagonist in the great debate on the French Revolution. Drawing on the complete range of printed and manuscript sources, Empire and Revolution offers a vivid reconstruction of the major concerns of this outstanding statesman, orator, and philosopher. In restoring Burke to his original political and intellectual context, this book overturns the conventional picture of a partisan of tradition against progress and presents a multifaceted portrait of one of the most captivating figures in eighteenth-century life and thought. A boldly ambitious work of scholarship, this book challenges us to rethink the legacy of Burke and the turbulent era in which he played so pivotal a role.

Rights of Man

Rights of Man
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Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015030803863
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Synopsis Rights of Man by : Thomas Paine