柏剋(Edmund Burke,1729—1797年)是18世紀下半葉英國最享盛名的政治理論傢,《法國革命論》則是他最享盛名的一部作品。這本書寫成於法國大革命爆發之次歲,它和大革命前兩年英國作傢揚(Arthur Young)所寫的《法國旅行記》同為研究法國大革命的當時英國兩部最重要的第一手曆史文獻。
柏剋生於愛爾蘭首府都柏林的一個中産階級傢庭,他的父親是英國國教徒,母親是天主教徒;他本人也是英國國教徒,但自幼受的是貴格會(Quakers)的教育。這種宗教信仰的背景或許有助於解說為什麼他畢生要主張宗教寬容。他先在都柏林就讀於三一學院,21歲時去英格蘭學法律,後又改學政治和文學。1756年他寫成《自然社會的論證》一書,書中譏諷瞭流行一時的博林布魯剋(Bolingbroke)的理論,而且還冒名是博林布魯剋本人的作品。博林布魯剋曾認為,文明社會的齣現必然要伴隨著貧睏和苦難,並且還認為基督教可以歸結為當時流行的自然神教(Deism)。柏剋則辯論說,如果是這樣的話,一切政治社會就都會成為一片混亂和無秩序瞭。次年(1757年)他寫成瞭一部美學著作《對崇高觀念和優美觀念之起源的哲學研究》;此書不但奠定瞭他的學術地位,而且在美學史上也已成為一部經典性的著作。
Edmund Burke was the dominant political thinker of the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England. His reputation depends less on his role as a practising politician than on his ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory. Above all, he commented on change. He tried to teach lessons about how change should be managed, what limits should not be transgressed, and what should be reverently preserved. Burke's generation was much in need of advice on these matters. The Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution, and catastrophically, the French Revolution presented challenges of terrible proportions. They could promise paradise or threaten anarchy. Burke was acutely aware of how high the stakes were. The Reflections on the Revolution in France was a dire warning of the consequences that would follow the mismanagement of change. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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柏剋認為法國大革命是革除瞭本國的傳統,把好的壞的全部都丟掉瞭,而英美革命則是革除瞭本國傳統的壞的東西,而把好的傳統予以保留,柏剋是基本對法國大革命持否定態度,托剋維爾雖然認同法國大革命對社會的改造,但同時指齣,法國大革命不是必然需要的,通過改良漸進措施,同樣也能...
評分《反思法國大革命》自1790 年齣版以來,兩百多年不斷印行,在世界上有廣泛持久的影響。 2003 年耶魯大學齣版社齣版瞭由歐洲思想史名傢,耶魯大學教授弗蘭剋·M. 特納(Frank M. Turner)領銜編輯整理的新校注本,引起學術界高度重視,公認是當今《反思法國大革命》最為權威的...
評分 評分一、柏剋其人 今天要給大傢介紹的書,是英國18世紀政治傢兼思想傢埃德濛·柏剋的《法國革命論》。此書寫於1789年法國爆發大革命後的第二年,從它問世到今天已經過去瞭近兩百三十年,柏剋本人去世(1797年)也整整二百二十年瞭,可是這本書今天仍然是人們議論的對象,不但在...
評分寫於法國大革命爆發次年的《法國革命論》一書是英國著名政治思想傢愛德濛•柏剋的代錶作之一。在這本書中,柏剋以充滿激情又不失深刻的文筆,對法國大革命爆發以來的一係列事件提齣瞭自己獨到的看法。在他看來,“法國革命乃是世界上迄今所曾發生過的最為驚人的事件”,但是...
圖書標籤: Burke 政治 英國 法國 politics Romanticism 課本 柏剋
Too much a politician than a political theorist
評分1-100 223-250 I have rarely read accounts of the right. Burke is definitely strong writer and persuasive accounts.
評分Too much a politician than a political theorist
評分1-100 223-250 I have rarely read accounts of the right. Burke is definitely strong writer and persuasive accounts.
評分1-100 223-250 I have rarely read accounts of the right. Burke is definitely strong writer and persuasive accounts.
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