| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 232 pages) |
| Contents |
Big Conservatism and American exceptionalism / John Kerwick -- The significance of the M.E. Bradford affair / Keith Preston -- The Tory right and the American conservative movement : parallel universes? / Grant Havers -- Who funds Conservatism, Inc.? / Joseph Cotto -- Imagination and its failures : the struggle of a conservative American foreign policy / Marjorie Jeffrey -- The contradictions of Catholic neoconservatism / Jesse Russell -- Trump, neoconservatives, and the misrepresentation of the American founding / Nicholas Drummond -- Why the Alt Right is not going anywhere (regardless of what we call it) / Richard T. Marcy -- The unwanted Southern conservatives / Boyd Cathey -- Republican voters and conservative ideology / George Hawley |
| Summary |
"This anthology provides a timely critical overview of the American conservative movement. The contributors take on subjects that other commentators have either not noticed or have been fearful to discuss. In particular, this collection of searing essays hits hard at blatant cult of celebrity and intolerance of dissent that has come to characterize the conservative movement in this country. As The Vanishing Tradition shows, the conservative movement has not often retrieved its wounded, instead dispatching them in order to please its friendly opposition and to prove its "moderateness." The movement has also been open to the influence of demanding sponsors who have pushed it in sometimes bizarre directions. Finally, the essayists here, highlight the movement's appeal to "permanent values" as a truly risible gesture, given how arduously its celebrities have worked to catch up with the Left on social issues. This no-holds-barred critical examination of American conservatism opens debates and seeks controversy"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (De Gruyter, viewed on October 20, 2020) |
| Subject |
Conservatism -- United States
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Political culture -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Libertarianism .
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Conservatism
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gottfried, Paul, 1941- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019042245 |
| ISBN |
9781501749865 |
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1501749862 |
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9781501749872 |
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1501749870 |
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