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What is American conservative thought and what are the unique
qualities that distinguish it from other schools of thought? This
volume, by providing a comprehensive definition, overcomes a major
stumbling block to the understanding and evaluation of this
significant intellectual movement. Although during the post-war
period there has been a renaissance of self-styled conservative
writing and thought, and a number of scholarly works have focused
on conservatism offering valuable information on both the history
and development of the movement, author Melvin Thorne maintains
that none has successfully defined or distinguished contemporary
American conservatism from the ideas of thinkers of other
persuasions. Without a definition of the fundamentals of American
conservative thought, conservative positions on authority, freedom,
government, community, and tradition will continue to resist
interpretation and basic theoretical and practical questions must
remain unanswered. Thorne's study constructs a conceptual framework
for understanding the fundamental nature and scope of
conservativism. Chapter 1 criticizes previous definitions that
focus on a single idea as a starting point, or that propound lists
of common elements, or that reason from sociopsychological or
historical perspectives. Rejecting these definitions, Thorne posits
the two fundamental ideas which in tandem form the core of
contemporary American conservative thought: a certain view of human
nature, the subject of Chapter 2, and a certain conception of an
objective moral order, discussed in Chapter 3. The influence of the
core ideas on the rest of conservative thought is examined in the
remaining five chapters, which consider authority, freedom,
government and economy, community, and change and tradition. This
intellectually rigorous yet highly readable work will be of great
importance to scholars, students, and the informed generalist as it
provides the most comprehensive view of conservativism to date.
The Reversion plucks Samuel from a dying world and drops him into
another, a decaying desert wasteland of darkness and peril. With
newcomers Jack and Lindsay, Samuel, begins his quest for redemption
and a final confrontation with the forces behind the Reversion,
trusting his fate to the Law of Three.
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A J Thorne
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Discovery Miles 5 310
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