
Conservatism
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The book proceeds chronologically through the following sections: Enlightenment Conservatism (David Hume, Edmund Burke, and Justus Möser), The Critique of Revolution (Burke, Louis de Bonald, Joseph de Maistre, James Madison, and Rufus Choate), Authority (Matthew Arnold, James Fitzjames Stephen), Inequality (W. H. Mallock, Joseph A. Schumpeter), The Critique of Good Intentions (William Graham Sumner), War (T. E. Hulme), Democracy (Carl Schmitt, Schumpeter), The Limits of Rationalism (Winston Churchill, Michael Oakeshott, Friedrich Hayek, Edward Banfield), The Critique of Social and Cultural Emancipation (Irving Kristol, Peter Berger and Richard John Neuhaus, Hermann Lübbe), and Between Social Science and Cultural Criticism (Arnold Gehlen, Philip Rieff). The book contains an afterword on recurrent tensions and dilemmas of conservative thought.
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- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What is Conservative Social and Political Thought?
- Chapter 1. Enlightenment Conservatism
- David Hume
- Of Justice," from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals {17 SI) Introduction
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- Of the Origin of Government" (1777) "Of the Original Contract" (1748) "Of Passive Obedience" (1748) Introduction
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- Edmund Burke
- Preface" to A Vindication of Natural Society (Second Edition, 1757) Introduction
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- Justus Moser
- On the Diminished Disgrace of Whores and Their Children in Our Day" (1772) Introduction
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- No Promotion According to Merit" (c. 1770) Introduction
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- Chapter 2. The Critique of Revolution
- Edmund Burke
- Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) Introduction
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- Louis de Bonald
- On Divorce (1801) Introduction
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- Joseph de Maistre
- Essay on the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions and of Other Human Institutions (1814) Introduction
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- James Madison
- Federalist No. 49" (1788) Introduction
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- Rufus Choate
- The Position and Functions of the American Bar, as an Element of Conservatism in the State" (1845) Introduction
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- Chapter 3. Authority
- Matthew Arnold
- Culture and Anarchy (1869) Introduction
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- James Fitzjames Stephen
- Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1874) Introduction
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- Chapter 4. Inequality
- W. H. Mallock
- Aristocracy and Evolution: A Study of the Rights, the Origin, and Social Functions of the Wealthier Classes (1898) Introduction
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- Joseph A. Schumpeter
- Aptitude and Social Mobility" (1927) Introduction
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- Chapter 5. The Critique of Good Intentions
- William Graham Sumner
- Sociological Fallacies" (1884) "On the Case of a Certain Man Who Is Never Thought Of" (1883) "An Examination of a Noble Sentiment" (c. 1887) Introduction
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- Chapter 6. War
- T. E. Hulme
- Essays on War" (1916) Introduction
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- Chapter 7. Democracy
- Carl Schmitt
- When Parliament Cannot be Sovereign" (1931) Introduction
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- Joseph A. Schumpeter
- Political Leadership and Democracy" (1942) Introduction
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- Chapter 8. The Limits of Rationalism
- Winston Churchill
- Speech on Rebuilding the House of Commons" (1943) Introduction
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- Michael Oakeshott
- Rationalism in Politics" (1947) Introduction
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- Friedrich Hayek
- The Errors of Constructivism" (1970) The Mirage of Social Justice (1973) Introduction
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- Edward Banfield
- The Unheavenly City Revisited (1974) Introduction
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- Chapter 9. The Critique of Social and Cultural Emancipation
- Irving Kristol
- Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship" (1971) Introduction
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- Peter L. Berger and Richard John Neuhaus
- To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy (1977) Introduction
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- Hermann Liibbe
- The Social Consequences of Attempts to Create Equality" (1984) Introduction
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- Chapter 10. Between Social Science and Cultural Criticism
- Arnold Gehlen
- On Culture, Nature, and Naturalness" (1958) "Man and Institutions" (1960) Introduction
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- Philip Rieff
- Toward a Theory of Culture" (1966) Introduction
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- Afterword: Recurrent Tensions and Dilemmas of Conservative Thought
- Guide to Further Reading
- Index
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