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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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