The Great Debate : Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left (Hardcover)

from wagner.sarah35

If you prefer your politics deeply theoretical, this is a book for you. I read this book out of more interest in 18th-century politics than modern ones, but the author makes some well-targeted comments on contemporary American politics. Interestingly, however, it's important to remember that Burk...

from dono421846

Burke stands for preserving the fundamental political structures with only cautious incremental reforms, while Paine rallies for the political entailments of his beliefs in natural rights, liberal individualism, and the power of reason to discern right rules. As reviewed by Levin, both positions ...

from slouchycowman

The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin is great book about the author's belief that these two men created the Right and Left. The author focuses of upon Burke's and Paine's differing views. One championed a reforming conservatism (Burke# and t...

from slouchycowman

The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin is great book about the author's belief that these two men created the Right and Left. The author focuses of upon Burke's and Paine's differing views. One championed a reforming conservatism (Burke# and t...