POL320Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dirge, Body Politic, Human Nature
22 Mar 2017
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Not a political philosopher: but a politician. Member of british parliament, studied law but quit law to start a literary career. A dirge for a bre modern world. Burke sees the french revolution as a catastrophe. Not just for france but all of humanity. The revolution was made in the name of a radically new way of looking at the world. The mistake of the society of revolutions. The revolutionary society was a club set up to honor the glorious revolution of 1688. The right to choose for their own government: what the revolutionary society honored. Sent congratulatory letter to french revolutionaries for doing the same. Burke thinks that the glorious revolution and the french revolution are very different. His work is his distinction on these two revolutions. French revolution: gave people the right to frame a government as they see fit. The ideals of the french revolution will be imported into england.
