Reflections on the Revolution in France by Burke

This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change. Written for a generation presented with challenges of terrible proportions, the Industrial, American and French Revolutions among them, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France displays an acute awareness of how high political stakes can be, along with a keen ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory.

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This book is featured on The Book Club with Michael Knowles, PragerU's show dedicated to the great books of Western civilization. In this episode, Michael Knowles is joined by political theorist and Bible scholar Yoram Hazony to discuss why the American Revolution led to the birth of a free nation while the French Revolution led to blood and terror, and what Burke's treatise still teaches us about the mismanagement of radical change.

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Read Edmund Burke's foundational warning on revolution and reform, and discover why his defense of order and tradition still shapes conservative thought two centuries later.