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The Conservative Mind
Book • 1953
Published in 1953, *The Conservative Mind* is a landmark book that gave shape to the postwar conservative movement in the United States.
Russell Kirk's work chronicles the history of conservative thought, starting with Edmund Burke and John Adams, and continuing through to 20th-century thinkers like Santayana and T.S.
Eliot.
The book defends traditional conservatism, emphasizing the importance of preserving ancient wisdom present in institutions, culture, and government, and expresses a distrust of 'progress' that seeks to dismantle these repositories of the 'permanent things.
' Kirk's vision of conservatism is rooted in the 'moral imagination' and the Burkean conception of society as an organic, sacred order, advocating for slow and cautious change rather than radical reforms.
Russell Kirk's work chronicles the history of conservative thought, starting with Edmund Burke and John Adams, and continuing through to 20th-century thinkers like Santayana and T.S.
Eliot.
The book defends traditional conservatism, emphasizing the importance of preserving ancient wisdom present in institutions, culture, and government, and expresses a distrust of 'progress' that seeks to dismantle these repositories of the 'permanent things.
' Kirk's vision of conservatism is rooted in the 'moral imagination' and the Burkean conception of society as an organic, sacred order, advocating for slow and cautious change rather than radical reforms.
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Auron Macintyre as a definitive text on American conservatism, emphasizing its non-ideological and tradition-based nature.
Auron Macintyre as a definitive text on American conservatism, emphasizing its non-ideological and tradition-based nature.
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Mentioned by Dan McCarthy as the author of “The Conservative Mind”, a book inspired by his experiences during World War II.
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Mentioned by Auron Macintyre as an example of a conservative intellectual who faced backlash for questioning US-Israel relations.
Auron Macintyre as an example of a conservative intellectual who faced backlash for questioning US-Israel relations.
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Mentioned as the author of 'The Conservative Mind', a seminal work in American conservatism.
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Mentioned by Dan McCarthy when discussing the origins of Modern Age journal and post-World War II conservatism.
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