Reflections on the Revolution in France (Oxford World's Classics)

Reflections on the Revolution in France (Oxford World's Classics) by Burke, Edmund. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780192839787.

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, to name the most obvious--Burkes Reflections of the Revolution in France displays an acute awareness of how high political stakes can be, as well as a keen ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory.