For more than two centuries, our political life has been divided between a party of progress and a party of conservation. Yuval Levin explores the origins of the left-right divide by examining the views of the men who best represented each side of that debate at its outset: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Levin masterfully shows how Burke's and Paine's differing views, a reforming conservatism and a restoring progressivism, continue to shape our current political discourse on a wide range of issues. Essential reading for ...
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For more than two centuries, our political life has been divided between a party of progress and a party of conservation. Yuval Levin explores the origins of the left-right divide by examining the views of the men who best represented each side of that debate at its outset: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Levin masterfully shows how Burke's and Paine's differing views, a reforming conservatism and a restoring progressivism, continue to shape our current political discourse on a wide range of issues. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Washington's rifts, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, liberalism, and the debate between them truly amount to.
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