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The conservative sensibility / George F. Will.
"A reflection on American conservatism, examining how the Founders' belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition--one that now finds itself under threat, both from progressives and elements inside the Republican Party"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316480932 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxxvii, 600 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The founders' epistemological assertion: they knew what can be known -- The progressives' revision: an emancipation (from natural rights) proclamation -- Progressivism's institutional consequences: the presidency triumphant, the administrative state rampant, Congress dormant -- The judicial supervision of democracy: difficulties with the "counter-majoritarian difficulty" -- Political economy: rescuing the great enrichment from the fatal conceit -- Culture and opportunity: the scissors that shredded old convictions -- The aims of education: talents for praising and for pessimism -- Going abroad: a creedal nation in a world on probation -- Welcoming whirl: conservatism without theism -- Borne back: the quest for a useable past. |
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| Subject: | Conservatism > United States > History. United States > Politics and government. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 320.520973 Wil | 31681010154441 | NONFIC | Available | - |
George F. Will writes a twice-weekly syndicated column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs for the Washington Post. He began his column with The Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. He is also a regular contributor to MSNBC and NBC News. His fourteen previous books include One Man's America, Men at Work, and Statecraft as Soulcraft. Will grew up in Champaign, Ill., attended Trinity College and Oxford University and received a PhD from Princeton.
