Conservatism

An Anthology of Social and Political Thought from David Hume to the Present
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-691-03711-0
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

At a time when the label "conservative" is indiscriminately applied to fundamentalists, populists, libertarians, fascists, and the advocates of one or another orthodoxy, this volume offers a nuanced and historically informed presentation of what is distinctive about conservative social and political thought. It is an anthology with an argument, locating the origins of modern conservatism within the Enlightenment and distinguishing between conservatism and orthodoxy. Bringing together important specimens of European and American conservative social and political analysis from the mid-eighteenth century through our own day, Conservatism demonstrates that while the particular institutions that conservatives have sought to conserve have varied, there are characteristic features of conservative argument that recur over time and across national borders.The book proceeds chronologically through the following sections: Enlightenment Conservatism (David Hume, Edmund Burke, and Justus Möser), The Critique of Revolution (Burke, Louis de Bonald, Joseph de Maistre, James Madison, and Rufus Choate), Authority (Matthew Arnold, James Fitzjames Stephen), Inequality (W. H. Mallock, Joseph A. Schumpeter), The Critique of Good Intentions (William Graham Sumner), War (T. E. Hulme), Democracy (Carl Schmitt, Schumpeter), The Limits of Rationalism (Winston Churchill, Michael Oakeshott, Friedrich Hayek, Edward Banfield), The Critique of Social and Cultural Emancipation (Irving Kristol, Peter Berger and Richard John Neuhaus, Hermann Lübbe), and Between Social Science and Cultural Criticism (Arnold Gehlen, Philip Rieff). The book contains an afterword on recurrent tensions and dilemmas of conservative thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muller, Jerry Z.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Konservativismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What is Conservative Social and Political Thought?3Ch. 1Enlightenment Conservatism32"Of Justice," from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751)"Preface" to A Vindication of Natural Society (Second Edition, 1757)"On the Diminished Disgrace of Whores and Their Children in Our Day" (1772)"No Promotion According to Merit" (c. 1770)Ch. 2The Critique of Revolution78Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)On Divorce (1801)Essay on the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions and of Other Human Institutions (1814)"Federalist No. 49" (1788)"The Position and Functions of the American Bar, as an Element of Conservatism in the State" (1845)Ch. 3Authority167Culture and Anarchy (1869)Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1874)Ch. 4Inequality210Aristocracy and Evolution: A Study of the Rights, the Origin, and Social Functions of the Wealthier Classes (1898)"Aptitude and Social Mobility" (1927)Ch. 5The Critique of Good Intentions233"Sociological Fallacies" (1884)"On the Case of a Certain Man Who Is Never Thought Of" (1883)"An Examination of a Noble Sentiment" (c. 1887)Ch. 6War249"Essays on War" (1916)Ch. 7Democracy261"When Parliament Cannot be Sovereign" (1931)"Political Leadership and Democracy" (1942)Ch. 8The Limits of Rationalism285"Speech on Rebuilding the House of Commons" (1943)"Rationalism in Politics" (1947)"The Errors of Constructivism" (1970)The Mirage of Social Justice (1973)The Unheavenly City Revisited (1974)Ch. 9The Critique of Social and Cultural Emancipation358"Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship" (1971)To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy (1977)"The Social Consequences of Attempts to Create Equality (1984)Ch. 10Between Social Science and Cultural Criticism401"On Culture, Nature, and Naturalness" (1958)"Man and Institutions" (1960)"Toward a Theory of Culture" (1966)Afterword: Recurrent Tensions and Dilemmas of Conservative ThoughtGuide to Further Reading427Index443