Political Science · Political Theory
Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' has been taken as the definitive and foundational text of:
ATraditional Conservatism
BMedieval Conservatism
CModern Conservatism ✓ Correct
DNone of these
Correct answer: (C) Modern Conservatism — Burke's Reflections is the foundational text of modern conservatism, so the answer is modern conservatism.
Explanation
★Burke's Reflections is the foundational text of modern conservatism, so the answer is modern conservatism.
★Written in 1790 against the French Revolution, it gave conservatism its first systematic statement.
★Burke defended tradition, custom and prescription against abstract revolutionary blueprints.
★He favoured gradual, organic reform so that change preserves continuity with the past.
★For him society is a partnership across generations, not a contract to be torn up at will.
★These themes, tradition, prudence and organic change, define the modern conservative outlook.
★So the work marks the birth of conservatism as a self-conscious modern political tradition.
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