Conservatism : an anthology of social and political thought from David Hume to the present / edited by Jerry Z. Muller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muller, Jerry Z., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--History.

Conservatism.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 450 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1997]

Summary:

History Professor Jerry Muller locates the origins of modern conservatism within the Enlightenment and distinguishes conservatism from orthodoxy. Reviewing important specimens of analysis from the mid18th century through our own day, Muller demonstrates that characteristic features of conservative argument recur over time and across national borders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-442) and index.

ISBN:

0691037124

0691037116

OCLC:

35865440