Robert J. Lacey: Pragmatic Conservatism

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Beschreibung

This book is a study of pragmatic conservatism, an underappreciated tradition in modern American political thought, whose origins can be located in the ideas of Edmund Burke. Beginning with an exegesis of Burke's thought, it goes on to show how three twentieth-century thinkers who are not generally recognized as conservatives¿Walter Lippmann, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Peter Viereck¿carried on the Burkean tradition and adapted it to American democracy. Pragmatic conservatives posit that people, sinful by nature, require guidance from traditions that embody enduring truths wrought by past experience. Yet they also welcome incremental reform driven by established elites, judiciously departing from precedent when necessary. Mindful that truth is never absolute, they eschew ideology and caution against both bold political enterprises and stubborn apologies for the status quo. The book concludes by contrasting this more nuanced brand of conservatism with the radical version that emerged in the wake of the post-war Buckley revolution.

Über den Autor

Robert J. Lacey is Associate Professor of Political Science at Iona College, USA. He is also the author of American Pragmatism and Democratic Faith (2008).

Zusammenfassung

An in-depth examination of Edmund Burke as the father of what the author calls pragmatic conservatism

A carefully articulated and well-written study of a kind of conservatism that has been neglected and underappreciated since the mid-twentieth century

Includes insightful comparisons of Burkean conservative thought to current more known styles of conservatism

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Edmund Burke: Pragmatic Conservative

Chapter 3: Walter Lippmann: Unlikely Conservative

Chapter 4: Reinhold Niebuhr: Prophetic Conservative

Chapter 5: Peter Viereck: Reverent Conservative

Chapter 6: Conservatism Agonistes: Leaving the Stag Hunt

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Bibliography

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xi 255 S.
ISBN-13:	9781349958245
ISBN-10:	1349958247
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-1-349-95824-5
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lacey, Robert J.
Auflage:	1st edition 2016
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert J. Lacey
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.06.2018
Gewicht:	0,351 kg