xxxvii, 600 pages ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
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