Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Reflections on the Revolution in France is a 1790 political treatise by Edmund Burke that offers a seminal conservative critique of the French Revolution and defense of traditional institutions.

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Reflections on the Revolution in France canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
addressedTo Charles-Jean-François Depont ⓘ
author Edmund Burke ⓘ
comparedTo Rights of Man ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
criticizes Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
National Assembly of France ⓘ
surface form: French National Assembly

Jacobin Club ⓘ
surface form: Jacobinism

abstract rights theories ⓘ
confiscation of church property ⓘ
execution and persecution of aristocracy ⓘ
radicalism ⓘ
dateOfFirstEdition November 1790 ⓘ
genre conservative theory ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasForm epistolary essay ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of the fall of the Bastille ⓘ
early phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
influenced 19th-century political thought ⓘ
Anglo-American conservatism ⓘ
modern conservatism ⓘ
keyConcept importance of inherited institutions ⓘ
organic conception of society ⓘ
skepticism about human perfectibility ⓘ
social contract as partnership between generations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject French Revolution ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
social order ⓘ
traditional institutions ⓘ
opposes French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
publicationPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationYear 1790 ⓘ
publisher J. Dodsley ⓘ
responseWork Rights of Man ⓘ
supports British constitutional monarchy ⓘ
established church ⓘ
gradual reform ⓘ
hereditary nobility ⓘ
mixed constitution ⓘ
prejudice (as inherited wisdom) ⓘ
tradition ⓘ
writtenAs letter ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edmund Burke → notableWork → Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
A Vindication of the Rights of Men → criticizes → Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents → relatedWorkByAuthor → Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
Speech on Conciliation with America → relatedWork → Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
Rights of Man → criticizesWork → Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
Burke → notableFor → Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
subject surface form: Edmund Burke