James Burnham
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1905 – 1987
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Who was James Burnham?
James Burnham was an American philosopher and political theorist. A radical activist in the 1930s and an important factional leader of the American Trotskyist movement, in later years Burnham left Marxism and turned to the political Right, serving as a public intellectual of the American conservative movement, and producing the work for which he is best known, The Managerial Revolution, published in 1941. Burnham is also remembered as a regular contributor to America's leading conservative publication, National Review, on a variety of topics.
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1905
Chicago - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Princeton University
- Balliol College
- Died
- Jul 28, 1987
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on July 23, 2013
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