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Autore: O'Hara Kieron Visualizza persona
Titolo: Conservatism [[electronic resource] /] / Kieron O'Hara ; foreword by David Willetts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion Books, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
Disciplina: 320.52
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Soggetto topico: Conservatism
Conservatism - History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Conservatism 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Conservatism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-49354-2
9786613588777
1-86189-983-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781427703321
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