Edmund Burke - The First Conservative

Examines the life of the great Irish philosopher, statesman and political thinker, who supported abolition, free markets, Catholic equality in Ireland in the eighteenth century while warning of ideological extremism and the dangers of a corporate state.

About the author

Jesse Norman, MP, studied at Oxford University and took his master's and doctorate in philosophy from University College London. He has been an honorary fellow at UCL, a governor of the UK National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. His previous books include the widely acclaimed Edmund Burke: The First Conservative.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse Norman
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 28.04.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9780465062935
• ISBN: 978-0-465-06293-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy