The Evils of Revolution (Penguin Great Ideas) - Softcover

Burke, Edmund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014104246X ISBN 13: 9780141042466

Publisher: Penguin, 2009

Synopsis

Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution, Edmund Burke?s prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of its mob rule predicted the Terror, began the modern conservative tradition and still serves as a warning to those who seek to reshape societies through violence. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves ? and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives ? and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

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About the Author

Edmund Burke (1729 - 97) was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1750 he entered the Middle Temple in London but soon left law for literature. His Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and the Beautiful influenced many writers of the Romantic period. An MP in the Whig Party, he championed the cause of Catholic emancipation and was involved in the governing of India.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014104246X
• ISBN 13: 9780141042466
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96