Books: The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin
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This is an excellent book on the origins of our modern political split. Click here for past recommendations. Description An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological titans sparred over moral and philosophical questions about the nature of political life and the best approach to social change: radical and swift, or gradual and incremental. The division they articulated continues to shape our political life today.
Books: The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin
Books: The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas…
Books: The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin
This is an excellent book on the origins of our modern political split. Click here for past recommendations. Description An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological titans sparred over moral and philosophical questions about the nature of political life and the best approach to social change: radical and swift, or gradual and incremental. The division they articulated continues to shape our political life today.