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Title: Gateway to the French Revolution Condition: New Subtitle: Select Writings by Edmund Burke, Friedrich Gentz, and Joseph de Maistre ISBN-10: 1684514509 EAN: 9781684514502 ISBN: 9781684514502 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Inc Format: Paperback Release Date: 10/10/2024 Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 140mm Author: Joseph de Maistre, Edmund Burke, Friedrich Gentz Genre: History Description: The legacy of the French Revolution critiqued by the most important thinkers of the day.
Gateway to the French Revolution features voices critical of the French Revolution and its aftershocks. Edmund Burke’s critique of the Revolution is widely known and set into motion the development of political Conservatism. Also decrying the excesses of the Terror is Friedrich Gentz, a lesser-known Austrian diplomat who would become an architect of European peace after Napoleon’s failed ambitions, and Joseph de Maistre, a Savoiard nobleman whose own reflections would form a current of counter-revolutionary reactionary that has continues to have implications in our contemporary world. Topic: Law & Politics Contributor: Anna Vincenzi (Edited by), Russell Kirk (Introduction by) Item Weight: 363g Item Width: 33mm Release Year: 2024
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