KnowraEdmund BurkeLinked fromLinked fromThe 38 pages that link to Edmund Burke, each with the reason it gives.All 38Broader topic 2Related 28Compared with 8Jean-Jacques RousseauCompared with: Burke’s defense of inherited institutions challenges political projects inspired by Rousseau’s popular sovereignty.Alexis de TocquevilleCompared with: Burke’s defense of inherited institutions contrasts with Tocqueville’s analysis of an irreversible democratic transition.William Pitt the YoungerCompared with: Burke’s arguments against revolutionary change helped frame the political climate Pitt’s government confronted.William GodwinCompared with: Burke’s defense of tradition sharply contrasts with Godwin’s confidence in reasoned reform.Thomas PaineCompared with: Burke’s defense of inherited institutions sharply opposed Paine’s case for revolution.A Vindication of the Rights of WomanCompared with: Burke’s defense of tradition became a target in Wollstonecraft’s earlier political argument.Charles Gravier, comte de VergennesCompared with: Burke’s opposition to coercive colonial policy contrasts with Vergennes’s use of the rebellion against Britain.ReactionaryCompared with: Burke is often associated with conservatism, but his gradualism differs from reactionary restoration.