Figure · 1729–1797
Edmund Burke
Philosopher and politician
Irish philosopher and member of the British House of Commons, considered the father of modern conservatism.
«Society is a partnership between the living, the dead and those yet to be born.»
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In short
On the traditional scale, Edmund Burke sits in the center-right camp. The clearest positions are on method: strongly towards “reform”; society: strongly towards “tradition”; religion: strongly towards “religion”; economy: fairly towards “market”. On environment it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is constitutional monarchism (98%).
Position on the 13 axes
Edmund BurkeYou
EconomyEqualityMarket
StateLibertyAuthority
SocietyProgressTradition
SovereigntyIntegrationSovereignty
ReligionSecularismReligion
EnvironmentEcologyGrowth
TechnologyCautionAcceleration
Foreign policyPacifismInterventionism
JusticeRehabilitationTough on crime
DemocracyDirect democracyTechnocracy
MethodReformRupture
DevolutionCentralismFederalism
ImmigrationOpennessControl
Closest ideologies
Constitutional monarchismThe Loyalist98%Liberal conservatismThe Notary94%Green conservatismThe Landscape Guardian93%Closest parties in Europe
Staatkundig Gereformeerde PartijNetherlands95%
Kresťanskodemokratické hnutieSlovakia92%
Noi ModeratiItaly92%
CDS – Partido PopularPortugal91%Similar figures
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