Conservatism

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This is the first critical book for many years on what is one of the main idoologies of our time. It sets out to remove the widespread but mistaken prejudice that conservatism is no more than a collection of emotional responses to change, rooted in indolence, complacency and self-interest, and to show that a conservative ideology is just as capable of being defended in the light of a philosophical view of the world as a liberal or a socialist one.
Treating conservatism as initially a response to moral and political ideals embodied in the French Revolution, Noël O'Sullivan broadly defines conservative ideology as a philosophy of imperfection, which rejects radical political action as incompatible with what he describes as a 'limited style of polities'. He then proceeds to discuss the predominant features of the French, German and British conservative traditions, and the conservative experience in the United States. In the final chapter he... Tovább

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MODERN IDEOLOGIES net U.K. price
This is the first critical book for many years on what is one of the main idoologies of our time. It sets out to remove the widespread but mistaken prejudice that conservatism is no more than a collection of emotional responses to change, rooted in indolence, complacency and self-interest, and to show that a conservative ideology is just as capable of being defended in the light of a philosophical view of the world as a liberal or a socialist one.
Treating conservatism as initially a response to moral and political ideals embodied in the French Revolution, Noël O'Sullivan broadly defines conservative ideology as a philosophy of imperfection, which rejects radical political action as incompatible with what he describes as a 'limited style of polities'. He then proceeds to discuss the predominant features of the French, German and British conservative traditions, and the conservative experience in the United States. In the final chapter he considers at length the changes which have occurred in conservative thought during the twentieth century as a result of the growth of socialism and the trend towards collectivism, and the crisis of identity which conservative ideology now faces.
'Not many people of his sharpness and style have addressed themselves to the problems of conservatism.' James Cornford, Times l-ligher Education Supplement
'Dr O'Sullivan's final chapter on the current crisis of conservatism is controversial in the best and most stimulating sense.' Carl Slevin, Times Educational Supplement
MODERN IDEOLOGIES, Under the general editorship of R. N. Berki and Noël O'Sullivan, is a sehes dealing with the most important social and political doctrines of our age. The ¦ ?y chief emphasis is on analysis and internal criticism of the several ideologies, discussed in the context of their historical development. Socialism (R. N. Berki), Liberalism (D. J. Manning) and Feminism (John Charvet) are also available, and volumes on Fascism and Anarchism are In preparation.
Noël O'Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Hull.

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