{"title":"Edmund Burke","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"reflections-on-the-revolution-in-france","title":"Reflections on the Revolution in France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 1790, Edmund Burke’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the defining political works of the age of revolution. Written as the French Revolution challenged the established order of Europe, it is framed as a letter to a young French correspondent, but quickly expands into a passionate defence of inherited institutions, social continuity and the accumulated wisdom of generations. Burke argues that a nation cannot be remade through abstract principles alone: its laws, customs and political freedoms have evolved over time, and their destruction risks unleashing violence rather than liberty. His vivid prose, rich in historical allusion and rhetorical force, turns a political argument into a meditation on tradition, authority and the fragile inheritance of civilisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth a landmark of conservative political thought and a work of enduring literary power, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e helped shape the intellectual response to the French Revolution and continues to provoke debate about reform, democracy and political change. Burke’s opponents, including Thomas Paine, challenged his defence of inherited privilege, making the book part of a foundational argument over the meaning of rights and popular sovereignty. Its influence reaches well beyond political philosophy: Burke’s gift for analogy, his sense of historical drama and his distrust of revolutionary certainty give the work the urgency of a great public speech. Whether read as a warning against radical upheaval or as an eloquent defence of tradition, it remains essential to understanding the political imagination of modern Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Edmund Burke, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Many counterrevolutionary books have been written in favor of the Revolution. But Burke has written a revolutionary book against the Revolution.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Novalis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlüthenstaub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64013145932106,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"a-philosophical-enquiry-into-the-origin-of-our-ideas-of-the-sublime-and-beautiful","title":"A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1757, Edmund Burke’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a foundational work of aesthetic philosophy, exploring why certain experiences delight us while others inspire awe, fear or astonishment. Burke distinguishes the beautiful, associated with pleasure, delicacy and affection, from the sublime, which arises from obscurity, vastness, power and the proximity of danger. Drawing on observations of human emotion, the natural world and the effects of art and literature, he seeks to understand not simply what we find beautiful, but how beauty and terror move the mind and body. His argument gives particular force to the sublime: an encounter with something immense or overwhelming that can unsettle reason while producing an extraordinary intensity of feeling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBurke’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e became a landmark in eighteenth-century thought, influencing Immanuel Kant and helping shape the aesthetics of Romanticism, from the experience of wild landscapes to literature’s fascination with darkness, grandeur and the limits of human understanding. Its lasting importance lies in the way it connects artistic judgement to physical sensation and emotional response, anticipating later debates about the psychology of taste and the power of art. Both lucid and provocative, the work offers a compelling account of why beauty comforts us while the sublime can leave us exhilarated, humbled or afraid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain, and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or operates in a manner analogous to terror, is a source of the sublime.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Edmund Burke, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“One of the greatest essays ever written on art.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64013179519306,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/collections\/edmund-burke.oembed","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}