Reflections Of A Russian Statesman

By R E C (Robert Edward Crozier) Long, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev, et al.

Book Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0548299242
• ISBN13: 9780548299241
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Classic Exposition of Conservative Thought!

Truly, one of the greatest statements of modern conservative thought ever written. Long cast aside by historians and critics as an arch-reactionary and defender of the ancien regime, Konstantin Pobedonostsev (d. 1907), a Russian professor of law and one-time advisor to Tsars Alexander II and Nicholas II, wrote this short -- but truly magnificent -- critique of modern liberalism. REFLECTIONS easily deserves to share the same bookshelf with the likes of Edmund Burke. In short, pithy, sardonic, yet eloquent chapters, this tiny work ruthlessly rakes over the rule of "Reason and Progress" in such fields as diverse as law, marriage, politics, the press, education, and government -- to name only a few. His critique of mass democracy and popular culture is simply delicious. Pobedonostsev's work, first published in Britain in 1898, was briefly reprinted in 1964. Unfortunately, it is currently out-of-print. For anyone interested in conservative thought, this tome cannot be recommended enough!