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In this, the liveliest and most accessible one-volume life of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk ingeniously combines into a living whole the private and the public Burke. He gives us a fresh assessment of the great statesman, who enjoys even greater influence today than in his own time. Russell Kirk was a leading figure in the post-World War II revival of American interest in Edmund Burke. Today, no one who takes seriously the problems of society dares remain indifferent to "the first conservative of our time of troubles." In Russell Kirks "Burkes ideas interest anyone nowadays, including men bitterly dissenting from his conclusions. If conservatives would know what they defend, Burke is their touchstone; and if radicals wish to test the temper of their opposition, they should turn to Burke." Kirk lucidly unfolds Burkes philosophy, showing how it revealed itself in concrete historical situations during the eighteenth century and how Burke, through his philosophy, "speaks to our age." This volume makes vivid the four great struggles in the life of his efforts to reconcile England with the American colonies; his involvements in cutting down the domestic power of George III; his prosecution

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Author

Russell Kirk

Publisher

Intercollegiate Studies Institute; Regnery Publishing

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781882926176

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Philosophy

Rating

3.92 / 5 (87 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14