Observations on Reflections of Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on In a Letter to the Right Hon. The Earl of Stanhope

Klappentext Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) is considered to have been the first female historian. Her eight-volume History of England (1763-83) and her radical views brought her considerable fame in eighteenth-century England. She was a political activist in favour of parliamentary reform, and wrote several political pamphlets on the subject. She also wrote the feminist work Letters on Education (1790), which argues for the equal education of men and women and is thought to have been influential upon Mary Wollstonecraft. Macaulay supported both the American Revolution and the French Revolution and saw them as moves towards equality and liberty. This political pamphlet, first published in 1790, was written in support of the French Revolution and against Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. It is a passionate polemic that challenges Burke's interpretation of British history. It remains an important work in the history of political philosophy. Zusammenfassung Historian and feminist Catharine Macaulay (1731–91) was a political activist in favour of parliamentary reform. She supported the French Revolution as a move towards equality and liberty. This political pamphlet, first published in 1790, is a passionate polemic against Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. Inhaltsverzeichnis Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France.

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• Authors: Catharine Macaulay
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.06.2012
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
• EAN: 9781108045407
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04540-7
• Pages: 98
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - European History
• Subjects: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800, French Revolution, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions