The Burke-Wollstonecraft Debate: Savagery, Civilization, and Democracy

by Daniel I. O'Neill

Book Overview

Many modern conservatives and feminists trace the roots of their ideologies, respectively, to Edmund Burke (1729-1797) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), and a proper understanding of these two thinkers is therefore important as a framework for political debates today.

According to Daniel O'Neill, Burke is misconstrued if viewed as mainly providing a warning about the dangers of attempting to turn utopian visions into political reality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271032022
• ISBN13: 9780271032023
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"