Reflections Of A Russian Statesman

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

Book Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472061046
• ISBN13: 9780472061044
• Release Date: November 1964
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 8.0"

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!