LEADER 02634nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910821503503321 005 20230725054307.0 010 $a1-280-49354-2 010 $a9786613588777 010 $a1-86189-983-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000070993 035 $a(EBL)811355 035 $a(OCoLC)767502739 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000633673 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12264023 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000633673 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10621720 035 $a(PQKB)11029379 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC811355 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL811355 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10520509 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358877 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000070993 100 $a20120113d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConservatism /$fKieron O'Hara ; foreword by David Willetts 210 $aLondon $cReaktion Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (386 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86189-812-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aConservatism Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. First Principles; Part I: What Conservatism Is; 2. Knowledge; 3. Change; 4. What Conservatism Stands For; Part II: What Conservatism is Not; 5. Misperceptions; 6. Misconceptions; 7. Conservatism and Liberalism; Part III: What Conservatism Might Be; 8. The Viability of Conservatism in the Modern and Postmodern Worlds; 9. Green Conservatism; 10. The Hardest Political Task: Telling the Truth; References; Select Bibliography; Index 330 $a The term ""conservative,"" when employed today in reference to politicians and beliefs, can denote groups as diverse and incompatible as the religious right, libertarians, and opponents of large, centralized government. Yet the original conservative philosophy, first developed in the eighteenth century by Edmund Burke, was most concerned with managing change. This kind of genuine conservatism has a renewed relevance in a complex world where change is rapid, pervasive, and dislocating. In Conservatism, Kieron O'Hara presents a thought-provoking revision of th 606 $aConservatism 606 $aConservatism$xHistory 615 0$aConservatism. 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory. 676 $a320.52 676 $a354.42 700 $aO'Hara$b Kieron$01636164 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821503503321 996 $aConservatism$94024329 997 $aUNINA