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The Great Debate : Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Levin, Yuval is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Great Debate : Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left about?
For more than two centuries, our political life has been divided between a party of progress and a party of conservation. In The Great Debate , Yuval Levin explores the origins of the left/right divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represent each side of that debate: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. In a groundbreaking exploration of the roots of our political order, Levin shows that American partisanship originated in the debates over the French Revolution, fueled by the fiery rhetoric of these ideological titans. Levin masterfully shows how Burke and Paine’s differing views continue to shape our current political discourse—on issues ranging from gun control and abortion to welfare and economic reform. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Washington’s often acrimonious rifts, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, liberalism, and the debate between them truly amount to.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Levin, Yuval
- Publisher
- Basic Civitas Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465050970
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Memoir, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.72 / 5 (465 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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