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CHAPTER 4. Edmund Burke’s Critique of the “Philosophical Fanatics” Behind the French Revolution

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© 2022 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. CHAPTER 1. Answering the Question: What Is Fanaticism? 1
  4. CHAPTER 2. Three Moments in the History of Fanaticism 15
  5. CHAPTER 3. Kant Between the Schwärmer and the Enthusiast 53
  6. CHAPTER 4. Edmund Burke’s Critique of the “Philosophical Fanatics” Behind the French Revolution 81
  7. CHAPTER 5. Dostoevsky’s Demons 104
  8. CONCLUSION. Confronting Fanaticism and Its Partisans 128
  9. NOTES 165
  10. REFERENCES 173
  11. INDEX 187
  12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 195
Fanaticism
This chapter is in the book Fanaticism
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298628-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. CHAPTER 1. Answering the Question: What Is Fanaticism? 1
  4. CHAPTER 2. Three Moments in the History of Fanaticism 15
  5. CHAPTER 3. Kant Between the Schwärmer and the Enthusiast 53
  6. CHAPTER 4. Edmund Burke’s Critique of the “Philosophical Fanatics” Behind the French Revolution 81
  7. CHAPTER 5. Dostoevsky’s Demons 104
  8. CONCLUSION. Confronting Fanaticism and Its Partisans 128
  9. NOTES 165
  10. REFERENCES 173
  11. INDEX 187
  12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 195
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