The Concise Conservative Encyclopedia: 200 of the Most Important Ideas, Individuals, Incitements, and Institutions that Have Shaped the Movement : a Personal ViewHere, conservative insider Brad Miner takes on the challenge of defining this creed through its most influential proponents, ideas, institutions, and historical moments. In 200 brief, provocative, and accessible entries, Miner offers a panoramic survey of conservatism's origins and current trends, and shows us where the movement's future lies. Essays by respected conservative thinkers - Carnes Lord, James V. Schall, Jacob Neusner, Peter J. Stanlis, and Charles Kesler - trace developments in conservative thought from ancient times to the present. In this authoritative and broad-ranging work, Miner tackles all the major issues - economic, social, political, and spiritual. And he provides answers to our most pressing questions about conservatism: where it came from, where it is going, and why it is more popular now than ever before. |
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... political class , a development which encouraged demagogy and hence fed the worst tendencies of popular rule . The most powerful and influential response to this situation ( in some ways strikingly familiar to our own ) was that ...
... political class , a development which encouraged demagogy and hence fed the worst tendencies of popular rule . The most powerful and influential response to this situation ( in some ways strikingly familiar to our own ) was that ...
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... political writings of Aristotle build directly on the teaching of the Laws . In his Ethics , Aristotle discovered and articu- lated the phenomenon of moral virtue ( as distinct from both vulgar or utilitarian and philosophic virtue ) ...
... political writings of Aristotle build directly on the teaching of the Laws . In his Ethics , Aristotle discovered and articu- lated the phenomenon of moral virtue ( as distinct from both vulgar or utilitarian and philosophic virtue ) ...
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... political will above political tradition . As Peter Stanlis has written ( 1986 ) : “ The natural rights introduced by Hobbes and popularized by Locke exalted man's private reason and will above any eternal and unchange- able divine law ...
... political will above political tradition . As Peter Stanlis has written ( 1986 ) : “ The natural rights introduced by Hobbes and popularized by Locke exalted man's private reason and will above any eternal and unchange- able divine law ...
Contents
THE ORIGINS OF CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT | 31 |
The Jewish Tradition by Jacob Neusner | 59 |
The Christian Tradition by James V Schall S J | 93 |
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