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Conservative Moments: Reading Conservative Texts (Textual Moments in the History of Political Thought)

Conservative Moments: Reading Conservative Texts (Textual Moments in the History of Political Thought)

by Mark Garnett (Author), Mark Garnett (Author)

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    Hardcover 2018

    $142.45
Synopsis

As a complex and multifaceted world-view, conservatism is often pigeonholed and partially understood. And while the nature of conservative ideology is warmly contested among scholars, no-one can deny its prominence in contemporary debates and its effects on the politics of everyday life. These 16 essays written by expert scholars and specialists offer a broad survey of conservative thought that extends beyond typical historical and geographic boundaries to include past thinkers like Plato and Edmund Burke, non-European conservative traditions such as Japan and Russia, and political `practitioners' including Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Charles de Gaulle. Each essay grapples with short primary source extracts while offering instructive criticism and commentary. Conservative Moments offers students a useful, accessible, and comprehensive exposition of this political ideology.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 208
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 23 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 1350001538
ISBN 13: 9781350001534
Book Overview: Explores the work of the pivotal thinkers in the conservative tradition from its intellectual origins in Plato to the present.

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A first-rate collection of brief original texts and accompanying explicative essays that encourages readers to think deeply about the nature of conservatism. This is a substantial achievement in a small package and an intellectual pleasure no matter the reader's own predilections. * Robert M. Collins, Wm. H. Byler Professor of Social and Behavioural Science Emeritus, University of Missouri, USA *
In this wide-ranging and discerning collection of essays, eighteen distinguished scholars help us to understand conservatism. The result is a deeper appreciation of the varieties and persistence of a political tendency that has crossed cultural boundaries and continues to influence our world. * George H Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 *
Author Bio
Mark Garnett is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Lancaster, UK. He is the author of The British Coalition Government, 2010-2015 (2016), Exploring British Politics, 4th Edition (2016) and Conservatism and Ideology (2015).