LEADER 03272nam 2200577 450 001 9910825848403321 005 20230124194201.0 010 $a1-5017-5749-0 010 $a1-60909-217-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501757495 035 $a(CKB)3710000001423697 035 $a(OCoLC)953636155 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56551 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4903976 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4903976 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11462758 035 $a(OCoLC)993535603 035 $a(DE-B1597)572401 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501757495 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001423697 100 $a20171201h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRevisions and dissents $eessays /$fPaul E. Gottfried 210 1$aDekalb, [Illinois] :$cNorthern Illinois University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-87580-762-3 327 $aReminiscences -- Robert Nisbet : conservative sociologist -- Defining right and left -- The problem of historical connections -- Liberal democracy as a God term -- Origins of the state -- Reexamining the conservative legacy -- Whig history revisited -- The European Union election, 2014 -- The English Constitution reconsidered -- Redefining classes -- Did Mussolini have a Pope? -- Heidegger and Strauss : a comparative study -- Explaining Trump. 330 $aPaul Gottfried's critical engagement with political correctness is well known. The essays in Revisions and Dissents focus on a range of topics in European intellectual and political history, social theory, and the history of modern political movements. With subjects as varied as Robert Nisbet, Whig history, the European Union election of 2014, and Donald Trump, the essays are tied together by their strenuous confrontation with historians and journalists whose claims about the past no longer receive critical scrutiny. According to Gottfried, successful writers on historical topics take advantage of political orthodoxy and/or widespread ignorance to present questionable platitudes as self-evident historical judgments. New research ceases to be of importance in determining accepted interpretations. What remains decisive, Gottfried maintains, is whether the favored view fits the political and emotional needs of what he calls "verbalizing elites." In this highly politicized age, Gottfried argues, it is necessary to re-examine these prevalent interpretations of the past. He does so in this engaging volume, which will appeal to general readers interested in political and intellectual history.   606 $aConservatism 606 $aLiberalism 606 $aRight and left (Political science) 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 615 0$aConservatism. 615 0$aLiberalism. 615 0$aRight and left (Political science) 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320.5 700 $aGottfried$b Paul$0872498 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825848403321 996 $aRevisions and dissents$93948698 997 $aUNINA