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Richard Bourke on Edmund Burke on Politics
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14 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2008
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Podcast episode
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The eighteenth century thinker and politician Edmund Burke was one of the founders of modern conservativism. In his Reflections on the Revolution in France he attacked the revolution. For this episode of Philosophy Bites Richard Bourke of Queen Mary, London, puts Edmund Burke in his historical context and outlines his key ideas.
Released:
Jan 20, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
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