Conservatism Revisited: The Revolt Against Ideology
Autor Peter Vierecken Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2004
According to Viereck's definition, conservatism is not the enemy of economic reform or social progress, nor is it the oppressive instrument of the privileged few. Although conservatism has been attacked from the left and often discredited by exploitation from the right, it remains the historic name for a point of view vital to contemporary society and culture. Divided into three parts, the book opens with a survey of conservatism in its cultural context of classicism and humanism. Rejecting the blind alley of reaction, Viereck calls for a discriminating set of principles that include preservation through reform, self-expression through self-restraint, a fruitful nostalgia for the permanent beneath the flux, and a preference for historical continuity over violent rupture.
Viereck locates our idea of Western political unity in Metternich's Concert of Europe whose goal was a cosmopolitan Europe united in peace. This ideal was opposed by both the violent nationalism that resulted in Nazism and the socialist internationalism that became a tool of Soviet Russian expansionism. While not ignoring the extremely negative aspects of Metternich's legacy, Viereck focuses on his attempts to tame the bellicosity of European nationalism and his little-known efforts to reform and modernize the Hapsburg Empire.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780765805768
ISBN-10: 0765805766
Pagini: 214
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0765805766
Pagini: 214
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Peter Viereck and Conservatism; New Conservatism in the Age of Anxiety; Author’s Note for the 1962 Edition; Foreword to the 1949 Edition; Book 1: Conservatism Revisited; 1: Heritage Renewed: The Conservative Principles; 2: Union of Europe: Some History Lessons from “Professor” Metternich; 3: The Conservative Way to Freedom; 2: The New Conservatism—What Went Wrong?; 4: The New Conservatism—What Went Wrong?
Descriere
Peter Viereck, poet and historian, is one of the principle theoreticians of conservatism in modern American political thought