Recasting Conservatism / Grant Gilmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilmore, Grant, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strauss, Leo.

Oakeshott, Michael, 1901-1990.

Oakeshott, Michael.

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Conservatism--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new conservative theory in Britain and America has altered the terms of political debate, not only among conservatives, but also among liberals, social democrats, and socialists. In this book, Robert Devigne explores how this conservative thought-in particular the work of the British political philosopher Michael Oakeshott, the American Leo Strauss, and their followers-is responding to the challenge of postmodernism, to the pervasive loss of civil traditions, morality, and authority in contemporary societies.Devigne argues persuasively that new British and American conservative theories are not merely variants of economic liberalism, but also embody a search for new authoritative political and civil relations, each attempting to modify society's future course with outlooks significantly different from those of their conservative predecessors. He shows that while both theories are responding to similar political problematics, their origins in different political philosophies have contributed to distinct constitutional doctrines and political objectives. Devigne explains how these separate outlooks and goals are rooted in different views on morality, authority, democracy, liberty, justice, community, and religion, and in distinct preferences toward economic, social, and foreign policy. Throughout the book, Devigne situates both theories' positions among the central debates of political philosophy and compares each theory to dominant British and American political outlooks of the past.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Redefinition of British Conservatism

2. The Redefinition of American Conservatism

3. Establishing And Reestablishing Morality And Authority

4. Restructuring Liberty and Economics

5. The Institutional Aims of New Conservative Theory

6. Undivided and Dual Sovereignty

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300160796

0300160798

OCLC:

1024061679