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The Wisdom of Our Ancestors - Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition
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In The Wisdom of Our Ancestors, the authors mount a powerful
defense of Western civilization, sketching a fresh vision of
conservatism in the present age. In this book, Graham McAleer and
Alexander Rosenthal-Pubul offer a renewed vision of conservatism
for the twenty-first century. Taking their inspiration from the
late Roger Scruton, the authors begin with a simple question: What,
after all, is the meaning of conservatism? In reply, they make a
case for a political orientation that they call “conservative
humanism,” which threads a middle way between liberal
universalism and its ideological alternatives. This vision of
conservatism is rooted in the humanist tradition (that is,
classical humanism, Christian humanism, and secular humanism),
which the authors take to be the hallmark of Western civilizational
identity. At its core, conservative humanism attempts to reconcile
universal moral values (rooted in natural law) with local,
particularist loyalties. In articulating this position, the authors
show that the West—contra various contemporary critics—does, in
fact, have a great deal of wisdom to offer. The authors begin with
an overview of the conservative thought world, situating their
proposal relative to two major poles: liberalism and nationalism.
They move on to show that conservatism must fundamentally take the
form of a defense of humanism, the “master idea of our
civilization.” The ensuing chapters articulate various aspects of
conservative humanism, including its metaphysical, institutional,
legal, philosophical, and economic dimensions. Largely rooted in
the Anglo-Continental conservative tradition, the work offers fresh
perspectives for North American conservatism.
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