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In the 1930s he was a Communist of the [[Trotskyite]] anti-Soviet variety, but was attacked by [[Trotsky]] himself and expelled by the Socialist Workers Party in 1940.
In the 1930s he was a Communist of the [[Trotskyite]] anti-Soviet variety, but was attacked by [[Trotsky]] himself and expelled by the Socialist Workers Party in 1940.
* “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.” [http://www.publiusforum.com/a-conservative-library/]
* “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>
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>
==Radical Politics==
During the early and mid 1930's, Burnham was a committed Trotskyite Communist.<ref>{{cite book|url=
https://books.google.com/books?id=QcAeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67|last1=Holmes|first1=Kim|title=Rebound: Getting America Back to Great|date=2013|publisher=Rowman and Littlefield|pages=67}}</ref>
==Turn to Conservatism==
After rejecting Trotskyism in 1940, Burnham continued to develop his beliefs, until in the 50's he was a conservative.<ref>{{cite book|url=
https://books.google.com/books?id=a6F-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|last1=Witzel|first1=Morgan|title=Fifty Key Figures in Management|date=2003|publisher=Routledge|pages=32}}</ref> It was during this time period, that Burnham wrote some of his most important books, such as ''The Managerial Revolution''.
==''The Managerial Revolution''==
==''The Managerial Revolution''==
* [[Technocracy]]
* [[Technocracy]]
The book was (and still is) unusual for its focus on the underside of the [[Administrative State]], or managerial state, as Burnham makes the case that "''Under the centralized economic structure of managerial society, regulation (planning) is a matter of course''".<ref name=managerial>(p. 132)</ref> Commonly, writers separate the various ideologies apart based on the nature of their master plans without examining their core use of [[Central planning]].
The book was (and still is) unusual for its focus on the underside of the [[Administrative State]], or managerial state, as Burnham makes the case that "''Under the centralized economic structure of managerial society, regulation (planning) is a matter of course''".<ref name=managerial>(p. 132)</ref> Commonly, writers separate the various ideologies apart based on the nature of their master plans without examining their core use of [[Central planning]].
==National Review==
James Burnham helped [[William Buckley]] found [[National Review]] in 1955,<ref>{{cite book|url=
https://books.google.com/books?id=z9hqlf1HIZIC&pg=PR19|last1=Burnham|first1=James|title=Congress and the American Tradition|date=1959|publisher=Transaction Publishers|pages=19}}</ref> being its first editor.
==Passing==
==Passing==
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>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
==References==
==References==
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