James Burnham
American philosopher (1905–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. A year before he wrote the book, he rejected Marxism and became an influential theorist of the political right as a leader of the American conservative movement.[1] His book The Managerial Revolution, published in 1941, speculated on the future of capitalism. Burnham was an editor and a regular contributor to William F. Buckley's conservative magazine National Review on a variety of topics. He rejected containment of the Soviet Union and called for the rollback of communism worldwide.[2][3]
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Born | November 22, 1905 |
Died | July 28, 1987 (1987-07-29) (aged 81) Kent, Connecticut, U.S. |
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Marcia Lightner (m. 1934) |
Relatives | David Burnham (brother) |
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Discipline | Philosophy |
Sub-discipline | Political philosophy |
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Institutions | New York University |
Notable students | Maurice Natanson |
Notable works | The Managerial Revolution (1941) The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom (1943) |
Notable ideas | Managerial class Managerial state |
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