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* “Modern liberalism, for most liberals, is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of unexamined prejudices and conjoined sentiments. The basic ideas and beliefs seem more satisfactory when they are not made fully explicit, when they merely lurk rather obscurely in the background, coloring the rhetoric and adding a certain emotive glow.” <ref>[http://www.publiusforum.com/a-conservative-library/ Conservative Books]</ref>

* “Modern liberalism, for most liberals, is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of unexamined prejudices and conjoined sentiments. The basic ideas and beliefs seem more satisfactory when they are not made fully explicit, when they merely lurk rather obscurely in the background, coloring the rhetoric and adding a certain emotive glow.” <ref>[http://www.publiusforum.com/a-conservative-library/ Conservative Books]</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

James Burnham was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1905,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1yOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT186&lpg=PT186|last1=Burhnam|first1=James|title=American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia|date=2014|publisher=Open Road Media|pages=186-190}}</ref> his parents were Claude George Burnham and Mary May (Gillis) Burnham.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_fICTJuP1_IC&pg=PA1 How Great the Triumph: James Burnham, Anticommunism, and the Conservative Movement]</ref>  His father was a prominent executive with the Burlington Railroad Company.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wCBEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA160 Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of 1914 - An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Citizens in All Walks of Life]</ref>  He went to university at [[Princeton]] and [[Oxford|Balliol]], and among his professors were [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and Martin D’Arcy.<ref>[http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/burnham-kimball-1911 The power of James Burnham]</ref>

James Burnham was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1905,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1yOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT186&lpg=PT186|last1=Burhnam|first1=James|title=American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia|date=2014|publisher=Open Road Media|pages=186–190}}</ref> his parents were Claude George Burnham and Mary May (Gillis) Burnham.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_fICTJuP1_IC&pg=PA1 How Great the Triumph: James Burnham, Anticommunism, and the Conservative Movement]</ref>  His father was a prominent executive with the Burlington Railroad Company.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wCBEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA160 Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of 1914 - An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Citizens in All Walks of Life]</ref>  He went to university at [[Princeton]] and [[Oxford|Balliol]], and among his professors were [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and Martin D’Arcy.<ref>[http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/burnham-kimball-1911 The power of James Burnham]</ref>

==Radical Politics==

==Radical Politics==

===''The Managerial Revolution''===

===''The Managerial Revolution''===

In 1941, Burnham published one of his best known books, ''The Managerial Revolution'', which created "quite a stir" in both England and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last=Orwell |first=George |url=http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/essays/burnham.html |title=Work : Essays : James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution |date=1946 }}</ref>

In 1941, Burnham published one of his best known books, ''The Managerial Revolution'', which created "quite a stir" in both England and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last=Orwell |first=George |url=http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/essays/burnham.html |title=Work : Essays : James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution |date=1946 }}</ref>

In ''The Managerial Revolution'', Burnham lists four ''Managerial Ideologies'':<ref name=managerial>{{cite book|last1=Burhnam|first1=James|title=The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World |date=2003|publisher=John Day Company|location=New York|pages=185-205}}</ref>

In ''The Managerial Revolution'', Burnham lists four ''Managerial Ideologies'':<ref name=managerial>{{cite book|last1=Burhnam|first1=James|title=The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World |date=2003|publisher=John Day Company|location=New York|pages=185–205}}</ref>

* Leninism-[[Stalinism]] ([[Communism]] or Bolshevikism)

* Leninism-[[Stalinism]] ([[Communism]] or Bolshevikism)

* [[Fascism]]-[[Nazism]]

* [[Fascism]]-[[Nazism]]

==Death and Legacy==

==Death and Legacy==

Burnham passed away from cancer on July 29, 1987.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Uhlig |first1=Mark |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/obituaries/james-burnham-is-dead-at-82-founder-of-national-review.html |title=JAMES BURNHAM IS DEAD AT 82; FOUNDER OF NATIONAL REVIEW |work=[[New York Times]] |date=July 30, 1987 }}</ref> Upon his passing, [[William F. Buckley]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] both expressed deep sadness.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=William F.|title=Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography |date=2012|publisher=Regnery Publishing|pages=289-290}}</ref><ref>http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/072987d.htm</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Reagan|first1=Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1987 |pages=895|quote=Nancy and I have learned with deep sadness of the passing of James Burnham. Mr. Burnham, the author of seminal works, like ''The Managerial Revolution'' and ''The Suicide of the West,'' and a senior editor of the National Review, was one of those principally responsible for the great intellectual odyssey of our century: the journey away from totalitarian statism and towards the uplifting doctrines of freedom.}}</ref>

Burnham passed away from cancer on July 29, 1987.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Uhlig |first1=Mark |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/obituaries/james-burnham-is-dead-at-82-founder-of-national-review.html |title=JAMES BURNHAM IS DEAD AT 82; FOUNDER OF NATIONAL REVIEW |work=[[New York Times]] |date=July 30, 1987 }}</ref> Upon his passing, [[William F. Buckley]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] both expressed deep sadness.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=William F.|title=Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography |date=2012|publisher=Regnery Publishing|pages=289–290}}</ref><ref>http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/072987d.htm</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Reagan|first1=Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1987 |pages=895|quote=Nancy and I have learned with deep sadness of the passing of James Burnham. Mr. Burnham, the author of seminal works, like ''The Managerial Revolution'' and ''The Suicide of the West,'' and a senior editor of the National Review, was one of those principally responsible for the great intellectual odyssey of our century: the journey away from totalitarian statism and towards the uplifting doctrines of freedom.}}</ref>

Historian [[George H. Nash]] argues that ''Congress and the American Tradition'' is "one of the most penetrating works of political analysis produced by conservatives since [[World War II]]."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=z9hqlf1HIZIC&pg=PR24 Introduction]</ref>

Historian [[George H. Nash]] argues that ''Congress and the American Tradition'' is "one of the most penetrating works of political analysis produced by conservatives since [[World War II]]."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=z9hqlf1HIZIC&pg=PR24 Introduction]</ref>

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [https://archive.org/details/JamesBurnhamAndTheManagerialRevolution James Burnham and the managerial revolution], by [[George Orwell]], 1955

* [https://archive.org/details/JamesBurnhamAndTheManagerialRevolution James Burnham and the managerial revolution], by [[George Orwell]], 1955