Richard Weaver, Southerner
The Paradox of American Conservatism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8894876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald De Maio (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-187 |
| Publication date | 1976-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras-007-02-07 |
| OpenAlex | W1966587922 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
In commenting upon the vocabulary of politics of our day, Michael Oakeshott has written that "political discourse has become so thickly orchestrated that we are unable to distinguish, or even to hear, the melodies which are at the heart of the matter."1 This observation is especially true in discussions of conservatism, particularly American conservatism. It is now more than a generation since the so-called 'New Conservatism' surfaced upon the American intellectual scene. The rather amorphous movement, which consisted of an assorted group of right-wing journalists and academicians, was beset by seemingly contradictory positions of libertarianism and concern for the community. (While a standard academic exercise by academicians who wrote articles on the 'New Conser- vatism' in the nineteen fifties was to demonstrate the incompatibility of such positions, this type of exegesis is no longer necessary since the movement has gradually become differentiated into more or less coherent ideological postures with libertarians refusing the appellation conservative.)
Aesthetics · Art · Conservatism · Ideology · Libertarianism · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US
The conservative intellectual movement in America, since 1945
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
Ideas Have Consequences
Reflections on Human Nature
The Conservative Tradition in America
Community and Purpose in America
The Hobbesian Basis of American Constitutionalism
The Lasting South
Democracy and The Federalist
The Southern Tradition at Bay
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |