LEADER 03886nam 2200613 450 001 9910797754903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-6664-0 010 $a0-8131-6619-5 010 $a0-8131-6620-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000511122 035 $a(EBL)4012996 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001374825 035 $a(OCoLC)921843480 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47554 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4012996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11118857 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL830490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4012996 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000511122 100 $a20151203h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRussell Kirk $eAmerican conservative /$fBradley J. Birzer 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (0 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-6618-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. Desert humanist -- 2. Stoic prophet -- 3. Recovering the conservative mind -- 4. A Christian humanism -- 5. A republic of letters in the modern age -- 6. Sojourning the waste land : friendship, thought, and poetry in the age of Eliot -- 7. The politics of the impossible -- 8. Ghosts in the machine ... and the house -- 9. The center cannot hold -- 10. The married Bohemian -- Conclusion : poetry against boredom. 330 $amerging from two decades of the Great Depression and the New Deal and facing the rise of radical ideologies abroad, the American Right seemed beaten, broken, and adrift in the early 1950s. Although conservative luminaries such as T. S. Eliot, William F. Buckley Jr., Leo Strauss, and Eric Voegelin all published important works at this time, none of their writings would match the influence of Russell Kirk's 1953 masterpiece The Conservative Mind. This seminal book became the intellectual touchstone for a reinvigorated movement and began a sea change in Americans' attitudes toward traditionalism. In Russell Kirk, Bradley J. Birzer investigates the life and work of the man known as the founder of postwar conservatism in America. Drawing on papers and diaries that have only recently become available to the public, Birzer presents a thorough exploration of Kirk's intellectual roots and development. The first to examine the theorist's prolific writings on literature and culture, this magisterial study illuminates Kirk's lasting influence on figures such as T. S. Eliot, William F. Buckley Jr., and Senator Barry Goldwater--who persuaded a reluctant Kirk to participate in his campaign for the presidency in 1964. While several books examine the evolution of postwar conservatism and libertarianism, surprisingly few works explore Kirk's life and thought in detail. This engaging biography not only offers a fresh and thorough assessment of one of America's most influential thinkers but also reasserts his humane vision in an increasingly inhumane time. 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aConservatism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aCollege teachers$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory 615 0$aConservatism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aIntellectuals 615 0$aCollege teachers 676 $a320.52092 700 $aBirzer$b Bradley J.$f1967-$0890763 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797754903321 996 $aRussell Kirk$93852080 997 $aUNINA