The great debate : Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the birth of right and left

The great debate : Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the birth of right and left

New York : Basic Books, 2014.

xix, 275 p. ; 25 cm.

320.50973 L665 2014

(OCoLC)858672374

Levin explores the origins of the left/right divide in American politics by examining the views of the men who best represent each side of that debate: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. In an exploration of the origins of our political order, Levin shows that our political divide did not originate in the French Revolution, but rather in the Anglo-American debate about that revolution. Burke and Paine were both active in politics, versed in philosophy, and two of the best, most effective and powerful political writers and polemicists in the history of the English speaking world.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-266) and index.
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