Reflections on the Revolution in France (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edmund Burke
- First Published: 1790
- Type of Work: Politics
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics
- Subjects: History, Class conflict, Politics, Revolutionaries, France or French people, Human rights, Revolutions, Class consciousness, Eighteenth century, Politicians, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Government, Historiography, Nobility, Monarchy
Critical Evaluation:
Edmund Burke was deeply involved in English public life as a Whig politician who served 1765-1794 as a member of Parliament. This experience convinced him that governments must respond to the practical needs of the peoples they governed and that political crises did not all yield to the same measures. When he saw what was unfolding in France in 1789 and 1790, he became alarmed that the revolutionaries were ignoring the wisdom achieved by long experience and that they were acting on assumptions that were contrary to human nature. Reflections on the...
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