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The conservative sensibility  Cover Image Book Book

The conservative sensibility / George F. Will.

Will, George F., (author.).

Summary:

"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.
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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