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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.
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 ...
Aug 14, 2022 · Burnham went on to write for and edit National Review for 23 years, in the process becoming his generation’s most insightful American commentator on foreign policy issues. In 1983, President Reagan awarded Burnham the Medal of Freedom.
Oct 12, 2010 · This article examines the origins of American neo-conservatism by assessing the contributions of one of its less known inspirations, James Burnham.
Mar 26, 2015 · Burnham’s anti-utopianism, his realpolitik, his dispassionate outlook, his matter-of-fact prose, his fascination with the operations of power, and his study of the manipulation of society...
DURING THE EARLY post-Second World War years, James Burnham, a leading American Trotskyite in the 1930s, emerged as a chief critic of the policy of containment as articulated by the Department of State’s policy planning chief, George F. Kennan, and implemented by the Truman Administration.
May 8, 2022 · The life and career of James Burnham followed a similar trajectory, provoking British academic Binoy Kampmark to label Burnham as “the first neoconservative.” Burnham, however, was a thinker who bore only an incidental resemblance to the neoconservatives.
