The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism
by
Drew Maciag
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
The statesman and political philosopher Edmund Burke (1729–1797) is a touchstone for modern conservatism in the United States, and his name and his writings have been invoked by figures ranging from the arch Federalist George Cabot to the twentieth-century political philosopher Leo Strauss. But...