Conservatism. Edmund Neill
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6 1 Defining Conservatism The Challenge of Defining Conservatism Defining Conservatism: One Key Concept? Defining Conservatism: Historical Approaches Samuel Huntington: ‘dispositional’ conservatism Michael Oakeshott and Ian Gilmour: ‘traditionalist’ approaches to defining conservatism Karl Mannheim: conservatism and traditionalism Michael Freeden’s Approach to Political Ideologies Plan for the Book Notes
7 2 Conservatism from the French Revolution to 1848 The Challenge of the Enlightenment, Industrialization and the French Revolution Conservatism in Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Britain Edmund Burke Post-1815 conservatism: ‘liberal Toryism’ Post-1815 conservatism: ‘romantic Toryism’ Conservatism in Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century France: The Revolution and Its Aftermath Moderate reform: Jacques Mallet du Pan ‘Theocratic conservatives’: Joseph de Maistre and Louis de Bonald Post-1815 conservatism: Vicomte de Chateaubriand Conservatism in the Early United States: Puritanism and Slavery Early conservatism in the United States: Puritanism Southern conservatism: John C. Calhoun and George Fitzhugh Conclusion Notes
8 3 Conservatism from 1848 to the First World War New Challenges (1848–1914) Conservative Response I: An Embrace of the Market Conservative Response II: Nationalism and Imperialism Conservative Response III: Nostalgia, Radicalism and Pessimism Conclusion Notes
9 4 Conservatism in the Era of the Two World Wars New Challenges: From the First World War to the 1960s Conservative Response I: Embracing Mass Democracy – Stanley Baldwin and Michael Oakeshott Conservative Response II: Elitist Sociology – Vilfredo Pareto Conservative Response III: Values from the Ancient World – Leo Strauss Conservative Response IV: Values from Christianity – T. S. Eliot and Jacques Maritain Conservatism and Fascism Conclusion Notes
10 5 Conservatism from the 1960s to the Present New Challenges: From Permissiveness to Populism Conservative Response I: New Right Conservatism New Right conservatism in Britain: Thatcherism New Right conservatism in the USA Conservative Response II: Traditionalism Conservative Response III: Post-New Right Conservatism – David Willetts, John Gray, Jesse Norman Conservative Response IV: Neo-conservatism Conservative Response V: Conservative Populism – Saviour or Cuckoo? Conclusion Notes
11 Epilogue
12 Bibliography
13 Index
Guide
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