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050 00 $aJK275$b.L5 2014
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084 $aHIS037050$aBIO006000$aPOL016000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLevin, Yuval,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe great debate :$bEdmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the birth of right and left /$cYuval Levin.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c[2014]
300 $axix, 275 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In The Great Debate Yuval Levin explores the origins of the familiar left/right divide in American politics by examining the views of the men who best represent each side of that debate: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. In a groundbreaking exploration of the origins of our political order, Levin shows that our political divide did not originate (as many historians argue) in the French Revolution, but rather in the Anglo-American debate about that revolution. Burke and Paine were both utterly fascinating figures--active in politics, versed in philosophy, and two of the best, most effective and powerful political writers and polemicists in the history of the English speaking world. Levin sets the work of these two men against the dramatic history of their era and shows how they mixed theory and practice to advance their very different notions of liberty, equality, nature, history, reason, revolution, and reform. Paine believed in radical change and saw the American and French Revolutions as catalysts for creating a new society; Burke believed in a significantly more gradual approach with each generation acting merely as part of a long chain of history. These differing approaches to revolution and reform created a division that continues to shape our current political discourse--including issues ranging from gun control and abortion to welfare and economic reform"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and index.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aRight and left (Political science)
650 0 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy.
600 10 $aBurke, Edmund,$d1729-1797$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aPaine, Thomas,$d1737-1809$xPolitical and social views.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General.$2bisacsh
852 00 $bmil$hJK275$i.L5 2014