Edmund Burke: Father of Modern Conservative Thought

Conversations That Matter

Jon Harris

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Edmund Burke’s conservative principles, as articulated in his seminal work Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), emphasize the preservation of societal order through tradition, hierarchy, and organic social bonds over radical innovation and egalitarian abstraction. Burke championed the value of inherited institutions—such as the monarchy, peerage, and established church—arguing that they embody the wisdom of generations and foster stability by aligning with human nature and historical experience. He rejected the revolutionary fervor of his time, particularly the French Revolution’s pursuit of abstract liberty and equality, which he saw as destabilizing and disconnected from practical realities. Instead, Burke advocated for "ordered liberty," where freedom is tempered by duty, social gradation, and reverence for the past, ensuring that societal change respects existing structures and customs. His belief in the sanctity of property, the necessity of religion as a moral and social anchor, and the importance of local attachments over universal ideals laid the foundation for modern conservative thought, prioritizing continuity and community over disruptive individualism.

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1:04.7	Welcome to The Conversations, That Matter podcast.
1:07.3	I'm your host, John Harris.
1:08.3	This is the first installment in our Patreon exclusive series
1:12.9	on Anglo-American conservative thinkers. I'm really excited about this. Our first work we're going to look
1:19.2	at is Edmund Burke's reflections on the revolution in France. We're going to proceed
1:24.9	after this next month to the anti-federalist papers. That's right,
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