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James Burnham (November 22, 1905 – July 28, 1987) was an American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the New York University Department of Philosophy; his first book was An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (1931). Burnham became a prominent Trotskyist activist in the 1930s.
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The conservative American philosopher James Burnham, a founding editor of the National Review, depicted Mosca, Pareto, and Michels as Machiavellians whose realistic analysis of elite actors and rejection of utopian egalitarianism represented the best hope of democracy—as defined in terms of the law-governed liberty that emerges from ...
Apr 24, 1972 · View Kindle Edition. 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' - rule by managers. Written in 1941, this is the book that theorised how the world was moving into the hands of the 'managers'.
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Aug 14, 2022 · Aug 14, 2022. By Francis P. Sempa. When James Burnham formally left the Socialist Workers Party in 1940 (intellectually, he had left it the year before), he did not immediately embrace the conservatism of his American Mercury, The Freeman, and National Review years. Burnham instead became a liberal anti-communist and joined the writers at ...
Orwell reviews Burnham's books The Managerial Revolution and The Machiavellians, which argue that capitalism is disappearing and a new oligarchical society is emerging. Orwell challenges Burnham's cynical and amoral view of politics and his sympathy for authoritarian regimes.
A biographical essay on James Burnham, a former Trotskyite who became a leading anticommunist intellectual and critic of containment strategy. Learn about his intellectual evolution, his geopolitical views, and his influence on the Reagan Administration.
This article examines the origins of American neo-conservatism by assessing the contributions of one of its less known inspirations, James Burnham. In charting Burnham's political philosophies and various contemporary reactions to them, this article examines his legacy as it relates to the movement, specifically in his approach to foreign ...
