The Conservative Mind: From Burke to EliotThe Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk is arguably one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Brilliant in every respect, from its conception to its choice of significant figures representing the history of intellectual conservatism, The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk launched the modern American Conservative Movement. A must-read. |
Contents
I The Idea of Conservatism | 3 |
II Burke and the Politics of Perscription | 12 |
III John Adams and Liberty Under Law | 71 |
IV Romantics and Utilitarians | 114 |
Randolph and Calhoun | 150 |
Macaulay Cooper Tocqueville | 185 |
New England Sketches | 225 |
Disraeli and Newman | 260 |
America 18651918 | 337 |
the Twentieth Century | 375 |
Babbitt More Santayana | 415 |
XIII Conservatives Promise | 457 |
Notes | 503 |
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a Time of Foreboding | 298 |
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