The influence of the French Revolution on the lives and thought of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Buke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Immanuel Kant, and Pius VI [electronic resource] : the end of conservatism / Jeffrey J. Langan ; with a preface by E. Michael Jones.

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ISBN:

9780773412057

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Author:

Langan, Jeffrey, 1970-

Personal Author:

Langan, Jeffrey, 1970-

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Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 158 pages)

Contents:

The revolutionary guilt of John Adams -- Liberal tensions in Burke and Wollstonecraft -- Immanuel Kant : terrorist conservative -- Pius VI's statesmanship during the French Revolution.

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Personal Subject:

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799.

Subject Term:

Conservatism -- History.

Political science -- Philosophy.

Intellectual life -- History -- 18th century.

Geographic Term:

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence.

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2012

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Summary

Langan discusses the French Revolution from a variety of perspectives given by influential thinkers of the late 18th century. His thesis is that conservatism was forever changed by the French Revolution, and that conservatism's modern origins are in direct response to the revolution and its ideals as they were critically examined by Edmund Burke. As Langan argues, conservatives tend to adopt intellectual categories which if taken to their natural conclusions lead to liberal results.