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'Burnham has real intellectual courage, and writes about real issues.' - George Orwell Burnham's claim was that capitalism was dead, but that it was being replaced not by socialism, but a new economic system he called "managerialism"; ru...

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A classic work of political theory and practise, this book makes available an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in the United States: Gaetano Mosca, Georges Sorel, ...

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James Burnham's 1964 classic, Suicide of the West, remains a startling account on the nature of the modern era. It offers a profound, in depth analysis of what is happening in the world today by putting into focus the intangible, often vague doctr...

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Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the...

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Paranoia is a misunderstood word and characteristic we all share. It is a valuable and necessary part of our personality-part of the drive toward self-preservation. Paranoid thinking gives us motivation and guidance. The authors hope you will use ...

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Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the...

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Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the...

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Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text ...

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INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS by JAMES BUNHAM AND PHILIP WHEELWRIGHT. Originally published in 1932. Contents include: PART ONE METHOD CHAPTER I THE TASK OF PHILOSOPHY 3 1. Is Philosophy Possible 2. The Philosophic Attitude. 3. Philosophic...

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When it first appeared in 1767, this novel was called a "e;sort of second Robinson Crusoe; full of wonders."e; Indeed, The Female American is an adventure novel about an English protagonist shipwrecked on a deserted isle, where survival re...

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This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in the United States. The book devotes a long section to Machiavelli ...

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William F. Buckley Jr. perhaps best described the importance of this seminal work when he said, ';James Burnham has written a book about Liberalism for which the world has been aching. It is worth more to the West than the year's gross national pr...

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When it first appeared in 1767, The Female American was called a ""sort of second Robinson Crusoe; full of wonders."" Indeed, The Female American is an adventure novel about an English protagonist shipwrecked on a deserted isle...

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James Burnhams 1964 classic, Suicide of the West, remains a startling account on the nature of the modern era. It offers a profound, in depth analysis of what is happening in the world today by putting into focus the intangible, often vague doctri...

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What did Indira Gandhi, Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill have in common? The answer: paranoia. Oh, too bad, you say. But is paranoia all that bad? Not at all, if it is under control, say our authors. Paranoia is a much misunderstood word and a c...

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2011 Reprint of 1959 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The central place of Congress in the American political tradition, the decline of its power and prestige during the 20th centur...

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