Edmund Burke

The Enlightenment and Revolution

Peter Stanlis, Russell Kirk

$90.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Routledge
06 February 2018

Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory

Series: The Library of Conservative Thought

"Two centuries after Edmund Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France, his name and reputation stand alongside Locke, Montesquieu, and Hume - the other still-cited grand political thinkers of the eighteenth century. For those great nations that have fallen into what Burke called ""the antagonist world of madness, discord, vice, confusion and unavailing sorrow,"" the work of Burke supplies that sense of order, justice and freedom the present age seems to require.

This volume by Peter Stanlis has grown out of almost four decades of studying Burke. Today, Professor Stanlis is called by Russell Kirk ""the leading American authority on the political thought of the great conservative reformer."" The book is divided into three categories: Burke on law and politics; Burke's criticism of Enlightenment rationalism and sensibility; and Burke's theory of revolution and critique of the English revolution of 1688.

Stanlis' reasons' for linking Burke to the English Revolution rather than the later, and admittedly more decisive American and French Revolutions of his own time, is that for Burke, that earlier event was the normative pivot for judging how to make important changes in civil society. Indeed, even in his writings on the contemporary revolutions of his time,. Stanlis reminds us that Burke interpreted revolutionary events in France and Americas through the prism of the bloodless Revolution of 1688."

By: Russell Kirk
Edited by: Peter Stanlis
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138509382
ISBN 10: 1138509388
Series: The Library of Conservative Thought
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 06 February 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

One: Burke’s Political Philosophy; 1: Burke and the Moral Natural Law; 2: Burke and the Law of Nations; 3: Burke the Perennial Political Philosopher; Two: Burke’s Critique of the Enlightenment; 4: Burke and the Rationalism of the Enlightenment; 5: Burke and the Sensibility of Rousseau; Three: Burke and Revolution; 6: Burke’s General View of Revolution; 7: Burke and the Revolution of 1688

Peter Stanlis