1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969208003321

Titolo

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness : ten years of the Claremont Review of books / / Charles R. Kesler and John B. Kienker, Editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2012

ISBN

979-82-16-41289-2

979-82-16-20986-7

1-280-65793-6

9786613634863

1-4422-1335-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (521 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KienkerJohn B

KeslerCharles R

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

Political science

Conservatism - United States

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Essays

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Government - General

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Government - National

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Reference

Conservatism - Periodicals

Conservatism

Periodicals.

Book reviews.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Progressivism and the liberal century -- Renewing conservatism -- The war we are in -- Statesmen and despots -- Current contentions -- The politics of culture -- Arts, literature, and leisure.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past 10 years, the Claremont Review of Books has become one of the preeminent conservative magazines in the United States, offering bold arguments for a reinvigorated conservatism that draws upon the



timeless principles of the American Founding and applies them to the moral and political problems we face today. With essays by the likes of William F. Buckley, Jr., Christopher Hitchens, Richard Brookheiser, James Q. Wilson, Allen C. Guelzo, Victor Davis Hanson, Ross Douthat, and many others, this collection surveys