Bibliograph

The Great Debate, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the birth of right and left, Yuval Levin

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The Great Debate, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the birth of right and left, Yuval Levin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Great Debate

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

862938001864849657

Responsibility statement

Yuval Levin

Sub title

Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the birth of right and left

Summary

For more than two centuries, our political life has been divided between a party of progress and a party of conservation. In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the origins of the left/right divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represent each side of that debate: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. In a groundbreaking exploration of the roots of our political order, Levin shows that American partisanship originated in the debates over the French Revolution, fueled by the fiery rhetoric of these ideological titans. Levin masterfully shows how Burke and Paine's differing vi

Table Of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Two Lives in the Arena; 2. Nature and History; 3. Justice and Order; 4. Choice and Obligation; 5. Reason and Prescription; 6. Revolution and Reform; 7. Generations and the Living; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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