Description
Tracing the intellectual lineage of conservatism from Edmund Burke to T. S. Eliot, this classic work maps how a distinctive moral and political imagination took shape across centuries. Through a series of illuminating essays, it explores the ideas, temperament, and cultural commitments that define conservative thought—especially its emphasis on tradition, inherited wisdom, skepticism toward radical change, and the enduring claims of faith and moral order. Kirk shows how writers and thinkers build a coherent worldview by defending institutions, cultivating character, and treating politics as inseparable from ethics and civilization. Written in Kirk’s distinctive, erudite style, the book offers both a historical account and a compelling framework for understanding conservatism’s enduring appeal and internal debates.
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paperback
Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Published Nov 25, 2001
535 pages
ISBN: 9780895261717
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First Published
1953
Language
eng
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