R A Staal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4443356 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R A Staal |
| GIVEN NAMES | R A |
| FAMILY NAME | Staal |
| SIGNATURE | STAAL R A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Irony of Modern Conservatism
Under scrutiny, modern conservatism often dissolves into a form of liberalism. This paradox appears, instructively, even in conservative thought at its best, in the political teachings of Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss. Both thinkers advance the claim that modern man faces a choice between Hobbesian liberalism and some form of mass democracy or totalitarianism. In this sense, both Oakeshott's traditionalism and Strauss's classicism are paradox…
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The Irony of Modern Conservatism
Under scrutiny, modern conservatism often dissolves into a form of liberalism. This paradox appears, instructively, even in conservative thought at its best, in the political teachings of Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss. Both thinkers advance the claim that modern man faces a choice between Hobbesian liberalism and some form of mass democracy or totalitarianism. In this sense, both Oakeshott's traditionalism and Strauss's classicism are paradox…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Conservatism (1 work) · Duty (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Irony (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Legitimacy (1 work) · Liberalism (1 work) · Modernity (1 work)