Conservative Mind
From Burke to Santayana
Published on 23. April 2020
470 pages
978-1-83974-363-4 (ISBN)
Description
"e;It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor."e; - William F. Buckley, Jr.Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind is one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. Brilliant in every respect, from its conception to its choice of significant figures representing the history of intellectual conservatism, The Conservative Mind launched the modern American Conservative Movement when it was first published in 1953 and has become an enduring classic of political thought.-Print ed.
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- I-The Idea of Conservatism
- II-Burke and the Politics of Prescription
- III-John Adams and Liberty Under Law
- IV-Romantics and Utilitarians
- V-Southern Conservatism: Randolph and Calhoun
- VI-Liberal Conservatives: Macaulay, Cooper, Tocqueville
- VII-Transitional Conservatism: New England Sketches
- VIII-Conservatism with Imagination: Disraeli and Newman
- IX-Legal and Historical Conservatism: a Time of Foreboding
- X-Conservatism Frustrated: America, 1865-1918
- XI-English Conservatism Adrift: the Twentieth Century
- XII-Critical Conservatism: Babbitt, More, Santayana
- XIII-The Promise of Conservatism
- A Select Bibliography
- BOOKS CITED IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS
- WITH SOME ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
