The Rage Of Edmund Burke: Portrait Of An Ambivalent Conservative
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A landmark work of intellectual biography and political history, Isaac Kramnick's The Rage of Edmund Burke: Portrait of an Ambivalent Conservative presents a provocative psychological and ideological reassessment of one of Western conservatism's most celebrated figures. Kramnick argues that Burke's famous political philosophy — his passionate defense of tradition, hierarchy, and inherited institutions — was not the product of serene conviction but rather of deep inner conflict, social anxiety, and unresolved ambition rooted in his Irish Protestant origins and outsider status in English society. Drawing on Burke's writings, speeches, and personal correspondence, the work uncovers the tensions between Burke's reformist impulses and his reactionary politics, illustrating how personal rage and class resentment shaped his ideological worldview. Written with scholarly rigor yet accessible prose, the portrait that emerges is of a man far more complex and contradictory than the canonical conservative icon of legend. This essential text challenges readers to reconsider the psychological underpinnings of political thought and the ambivalences that lie at the heart of conservative ideology itself.
Author: Isaac Kramnick
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Basic Books, Inc., Publishers
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work of intellectual biography and political history, Isaac Kramnick's The Rage of Edmund Burke: Portrait of an Ambivalent Conservative presents a provocative psychological and ideological reassessment of one of Western conservatism's most celebrated figures. Kramnick argues that Burke's famous political philosophy — his passionate defense of tradition, hierarchy, and inherited institutions — was not the product of serene conviction but rather of deep inner conflict, social anxiety, and unresolved ambition rooted in his Irish Protestant origins and outsider status in English society. Drawing on Burke's writings, speeches, and personal correspondence, the work uncovers the tensions between Burke's reformist impulses and his reactionary politics, illustrating how personal rage and class resentment shaped his ideological worldview. Written with scholarly rigor yet accessible prose, the portrait that emerges is of a man far more complex and contradictory than the canonical conservative icon of legend. This essential text challenges readers to reconsider the psychological underpinnings of political thought and the ambivalences that lie at the heart of conservative ideology itself.