Burke»s seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror. A scathing attack on the revolution»s attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, it makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs, argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionary change — and deplores the influence Burke feared the revolution might have in Britain. Reflections on the Revolution in France is now widely regarded as a classic statement of conservative political thought, and is one of the eighteenth century»s great works of political rhetoric.
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Формат EPUB ● страницы 416 ● ISBN 9780141907888 ● редактор Conor O’Brien ● издатель Penguin Books Ltd ● опубликованный 1982 ● Загружаемые 6 раз ● валюта EUR ● Код товара 2268565 ● Защита от копирования Adobe DRM
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