Contradictions In Conservatism

Author : Brian R. Farmer
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781413769050
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contradictions in Conservatism written by Brian R. Farmer and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Contradictions in Conservatism, Dr. Farmer has provided a scathing polemic against conservatism in the United States, both the ideology and the policies that have emanated from that ideology. The political socialization process that produces political ideologies is explained along with the different ideological elements that make up American conservatism. Farmer reviews all of the major ideological segments of conservatism and illuminates their problems and contradictions. Farmer also includes a discussion the policies that conservatives have championed in several major policy areas, including the disastrous policies of the George W. Bush Administration, perhaps the most ideologically driven administration in American history. Farmer provides those interested in American Politics with a tool that helps explain the contradictions in conservatism, both in an ideological sense, and in a policy sense, and help the readers understand why conservatism does not have all of the right answers for America. The discussion is based primarily on facts and scholarly research, however, rather than ideological rhetoric, making the book much different and more valuable than the typical ideological ranting of todayas political editorial writers. Contradictions in Conservatism is a useful addition to anyoneas collection if they seek ammunition in explaining the disastrous policies pursued by conservatives and the inherent contradictions in conservative ideology.

Author : Kenneth L. Deutsch
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813139627
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dilemmas of American Conservatism written by Kenneth L. Deutsch and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second half of the twentieth century, American conservatism emerged from the shadow of New Deal liberalism and developed into a movement exerting considerable influence on the formulation and execution of public policy in the United States. During that period, the political philosophers who provided the intellectual foundations for the American conservative movement were John H. Hallowell, Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss, Richard Weaver, Russell Kirk, Robert Nisbet, John Courtney Murray, Friedrich Hayek, and Willmoore Kendall. By offering a comprehensive analysis of their thoughts and beliefs, The Dilemmas of American Conservatism both illuminates the American conservative imagination and reveals its most serious contradictions. The contributing authors question whether a core set of conservative principles can be determined based on the frequently diverging perspectives of these key philosophers.

Author : Corey Robin
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1627793844
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Enigma of Clarence Thomas written by Corey Robin and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enigma of Clarence Thomas is a groundbreaking revisionist take on the Supreme Court justice everyone knows about but no one knows. Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost never speaks from the bench. Here are some things they don’t know: Thomas is a black nationalist. In college he memorized the speeches of Malcolm X. He believes white people are incurably racist. In the first examination of its kind, Corey Robin – one of the foremost analysts of the right – delves deeply into both Thomas’s biography and his jurisprudence, masterfully reading his Supreme Court opinions against the backdrop of his autobiographical and political writings and speeches. The hidden source of Thomas’s conservative views, Robin shows, is a profound skepticism that racism can be overcome. Thomas is convinced that any government action on behalf of African-Americans will be tainted by racism; the most African-Americans can hope for is that white people will get out of their way. There’s a reason, Robin concludes, why liberals often complain that Thomas doesn’t speak but seldom pay attention when he does. Were they to listen, they’d hear a racial pessimism that often sounds similar to their own. Cutting across the ideological spectrum, this unacknowledged consensus about the impossibility of progress is key to understanding today’s political stalemate.

Author : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein
Publisher : UNAM
ISBN 13 : 9789683649621
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The insurmountable Contradictions Of Liberalism written by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein and published by UNAM. This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard L. Hasen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300228643
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Justice of Contradictions written by Richard L. Hasen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening look at the influential Supreme Court justice who disrupted American jurisprudence in order to delegitimize opponents and establish a conservative legal order

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : All Points Books
ISBN 13 : 1250170737
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conservatism written by Roger Scruton and published by All Points Books. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “...one of the most eloquent and even moving evocations of the conservative tradition in Western politics, philosophy and culture I have ever read...the ideal primer for those who are new to conservative ideas...” —Richard Aldous, Wall Street Journal A brief magisterial introduction to the conservative tradition by one of Britain’s leading intellectuals. In Conservatism, Roger Scruton offers the reader an invitation into the world of political philosophy by explaining the history and evolution of the conservative movement over the centuries. With the clarity and authority of a gifted teacher, he discusses the ideology's perspective on civil society, the rule of law, freedom, morality, property, rights, and the role of the state. In a time when many claim that conservatives lack a unified intellectual belief system, this book makes a very strong case to the contrary, one that politically-minded readers will find compelling and refreshing. Scruton analyzes the origins and development of conservatism through the philosophies and thoughts of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith and Milton Friedman, among others. He shows how conservative ideas have influenced the political sector through the careers of a diverse cast of politicians, such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Disraeli, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. He also takes a close look at the changing relationship between conservative politics, capitalism, and free markets in both the UK and the US. This clear, incisive guide is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Western politics and policies, now and over the last three centuries.

Author : George W. Carey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 188292696X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom and Virtue written by George W. Carey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Arguments about the nature of liberty and its relationship to a normative moral tradition lie at the heart of many contemporary political controversies. This is especially true of the spirited exchange between conservatives and libertarians. In Freedom and virtue, George W. Carey has compiled a group of essays that explore what unites and what divides the adherents of these two important American intellectual traditions. The arguments in these essays touch on the most fundamental questions of political philosophy: what is the nature of man? What should be the relative role of reason, tradition, and religion in ordering society and the state? When does individual liberty begin to undermine the moral norms necessary for the maintenance of civil society? Is there an objective moral order to which liberty ought to be subordinated? In examining these and other questions in a provocative and lively manner, Freedom and virtue invites us to speculate on the future of democracy in the United States" -- Publisher's description.

Author : Edmund Fawcett
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691233993
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conservatism written by Edmund Fawcett and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Conservatism focuses on an exemplary core of France, Britain, Germany and the United States. It describes the parties, politicians and thinkers of the right, bringing out strengths and weaknesses in conservative thought"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Corey Robin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190692006
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reactionary Mind written by Corey Robin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated to include Trump's election and the rise of global populism, Corey Robin's 'The Reactionary Mind' traces conservatism back to its roots in the reaction against the French Revolution.

Author : Adam I. P. Smith
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469633906
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stormy Present written by Adam I. P. Smith and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging and nuanced political history of Northern communities in the Civil War era, Adam I. P. Smith offers a new interpretation of the familiar story of the path to war and ultimate victory. Smith looks beyond the political divisions between abolitionist Republicans and Copperhead Democrats to consider the everyday conservatism that characterized the majority of Northern voters. A sense of ongoing crisis in these Northern states created anxiety and instability, which manifested in a range of social and political tensions in individual communities. In the face of such realities, Smith argues that a conservative impulse was more than just a historical or nostalgic tendency; it was fundamental to charting a path to the future. At stake for Northerners was their conception of the Union as the vanguard in a global struggle between democracy and despotism, and their ability to navigate their freedoms through the stormy waters of modernity. As a result, the language of conservatism was peculiarly, and revealingly, prominent in Northern politics during these years. The story this book tells is of conservative people coming, in the end, to accept radical change.