Dean Blackburn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dean Blackburn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dean |
| FAMILY NAME | Blackburn |
| SIGNATURE | BLACKBURN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7990-0647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The functions of ideologies
Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher and British Conservatism’s Politics of Negation
A distinction is often made between two traditions of British Conservative thought: the paternalist “one nation/middle way” tradition, and the more libertarian one that is associated with Margaret Thatcher. Typically, this distinction is mapped onto the ideas that Conservatives hold about equality. While “one nation” Conservatives condone some forms of redistribution, their libertarian counterparts, it is argued, do not. This article reassesses t…
In The Shadows
This article intervenes in the debate about the nature of conservatism. Some contributors to this debate have claimed that this ideology can be defined as an adjectival disposition. They claim, that is, that a conservative possesses an attitude towards shared values rather than a distinct set of substantive values. The following discussion interrogates this account of conservatism and concludes that it can only be coherent if we ignore the episte…
The ideological tree is always green
This article locates Norberto Bobbio within the field of ideology studies. After historicising Bobbio’s contribution to the study of ideas, it reflects on some of the key themes that punctuated his work. In doing so, it shows how many of Bobbio’s concepts and ideas can be used to evaluate recent political change. Not only can Bobbio help us to understand our ‘age of uncertainty’, but he can also be used as a point of reference when we try to hist…
Response to ‘What Conservatives Value’
This article responds to O’Hara’s ‘What Conservatives Value’. It establishes what is at stake in our debate about the adjectival nature of conservatism, and it explores the role that risk plays in conservative thinking
Reassessing Britain’s ‘Post-war consensus’
Still the stranger at the feast? Ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
This article explores the way in which scholars of twentieth-century British politics have engaged with the concept of ideology. It begins by revisiting Michael Freeden’s seminal intervention on the subject before going on to assess the way in which recent work has challenged, and indeed preserved, older assumptions about the nature and function of political ideas. In doing so, it pursues two objectives: it seeks to demonstrate the consequences o…
For We Shall Prejudice Nothing’
Recent descriptions of British Conservatism have often identified the defence of inequality as one of its core ideological features. By drawing upon Michael Freeden’s morphological conception of ideologies, this article will challenge such descriptions. Drawing upon the discourses of a particular formation of post-war Conservative thought, it will suggest that because Conservatives adhered to a particular set of epistemological and ontological be…
Facing the Future? David Owen and Social Democracy in the 1980s and Beyond
David Owen entered the House of Commons as member for Plymouth in 1966. He became a junior minister under Harold Wilson by 1968 and quickly established himself as a leading figure of the Labour right. From 1977 to 1979 he was Britain's youngest post-war Foreign Secretary under James Callaghan. In response to Labour's apparent leftward drift, Owen defected from the party in March 1981 to jointly lead the Social Democratic Party (SDP) alongside Wil…
Facing the Future? David Owen and Social Democracy in the 1980s and Beyond
David Owen entered the House of Commons as member for Plymouth in 1966. He became a junior minister under Harold Wilson by 1968 and quickly established himself as a leading figure of the Labour right. From 1977 to 1979 he was Britain's youngest post-war Foreign Secretary under James Callaghan. In response to Labour's apparent leftward drift, Owen defected from the party in March 1981 to jointly lead the Social Democratic Party (SDP) alongside Wil…
Reassessing Britain’s ‘Post-war consensus’
In The Shadows
This article intervenes in the debate about the nature of conservatism. Some contributors to this debate have claimed that this ideology can be defined as an adjectival disposition. They claim, that is, that a conservative possesses an attitude towards shared values rather than a distinct set of substantive values. The following discussion interrogates this account of conservatism and concludes that it can only be coherent if we ignore the episte…
The ideological tree is always green
This article locates Norberto Bobbio within the field of ideology studies. After historicising Bobbio’s contribution to the study of ideas, it reflects on some of the key themes that punctuated his work. In doing so, it shows how many of Bobbio’s concepts and ideas can be used to evaluate recent political change. Not only can Bobbio help us to understand our ‘age of uncertainty’, but he can also be used as a point of reference when we try to hist…
Facing the Future? David Owen and Social Democracy in the 1980s and Beyond
David Owen entered the House of Commons as member for Plymouth in 1966. He became a junior minister under Harold Wilson by 1968 and quickly established himself as a leading figure of the Labour right. From 1977 to 1979 he was Britain's youngest post-war Foreign Secretary under James Callaghan. In response to Labour's apparent leftward drift, Owen defected from the party in March 1981 to jointly lead the Social Democratic Party (SDP) alongside Wil…
For We Shall Prejudice Nothing’
Recent descriptions of British Conservatism have often identified the defence of inequality as one of its core ideological features. By drawing upon Michael Freeden’s morphological conception of ideologies, this article will challenge such descriptions. Drawing upon the discourses of a particular formation of post-war Conservative thought, it will suggest that because Conservatives adhered to a particular set of epistemological and ontological be…
Reassessing Britain’s ‘Post-war consensus’
Still the stranger at the feast? Ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics
This article explores the way in which scholars of twentieth-century British politics have engaged with the concept of ideology. It begins by revisiting Michael Freeden’s seminal intervention on the subject before going on to assess the way in which recent work has challenged, and indeed preserved, older assumptions about the nature and function of political ideas. In doing so, it pursues two objectives: it seeks to demonstrate the consequences o…
Response to ‘What Conservatives Value’
This article responds to O’Hara’s ‘What Conservatives Value’. It establishes what is at stake in our debate about the adjectival nature of conservatism, and it explores the role that risk plays in conservative thinking
In The Shadows
This article intervenes in the debate about the nature of conservatism. Some contributors to this debate have claimed that this ideology can be defined as an adjectival disposition. They claim, that is, that a conservative possesses an attitude towards shared values rather than a distinct set of substantive values. The following discussion interrogates this account of conservatism and concludes that it can only be coherent if we ignore the episte…
The ideological tree is always green
This article locates Norberto Bobbio within the field of ideology studies. After historicising Bobbio’s contribution to the study of ideas, it reflects on some of the key themes that punctuated his work. In doing so, it shows how many of Bobbio’s concepts and ideas can be used to evaluate recent political change. Not only can Bobbio help us to understand our ‘age of uncertainty’, but he can also be used as a point of reference when we try to hist…
Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher and British Conservatism’s Politics of Negation
A distinction is often made between two traditions of British Conservative thought: the paternalist “one nation/middle way” tradition, and the more libertarian one that is associated with Margaret Thatcher. Typically, this distinction is mapped onto the ideas that Conservatives hold about equality. While “one nation” Conservatives condone some forms of redistribution, their libertarian counterparts, it is argued, do not. This article reassesses t…
The functions of ideologies
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