{"product_id":"the-portable-edmund-burke-paperback","title":"The Portable Edmund Burke - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIsaac Kramnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, \u003cb\u003eEdmund Burke\u003c\/b\u003e is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during the late eighteenth century, Burke shook Parliament with his powerful defense of the American Revolution and the rights of persecuted Catholics in England and Ireland; his indictment of the English rape of the Indian subcontinent; and, most famously, his denouncement of English Jacobin sympathizers during the French Revolution. \u003cb\u003eThe Portable Edmund Burke\u003c\/b\u003e is the fullest one- volume survey of Burke's thought, with sections devoted to his writings on history and culture, politics and society, the American Revolution, Ireland, colonialism and India, and the French Revolution. This volume also includes excerpts from his letters and an informative Introduction surveying Burke's life, ideas, and his reception and influence in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (1729-1797) was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College. A lifelong member of Parliament, Burke was the author of \u003cb\u003eA Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eA Vindication of Natural Society\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsaac Kramnick\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1938 and educated at Harvard University, where he received a B.A. degree in 1959 and a Ph.D. in 1965, and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He has taught at Harvard, Brandeis, Yale and Cornell, where he is now Professor of Government. He is married to Miriam Brody Kramnick and lives in Ithaca, New York. Among his publications are \u003cb\u003eBolingbroke and His Circle\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Rage of Edmund Burke\u003c\/b\u003e and numerous articles on eighteenth century topics. He has edited William Godwin's \u003cb\u003eEnquiry Concerning Political Justice\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Federalist Papers\u003c\/b\u003e by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and, with Michael Foot, \u003cb\u003eThe Thomas Paine Reader\u003c\/b\u003e for the Penguin Classics. Most recently he is the author, with Barry Sheerman, MP, of \u003cb\u003eLaski: A Lift on the Left\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 7.76 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610334359859,"sku":"9780140267600","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WUVCa3d3Wm42UExxLysrRllWdXpxZz09.webp?v=1761825139","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-portable-edmund-burke-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}