American Conservatism : : NOMOS LVI / / ed. by Sanford V. Levinson, Joel Parker, Melissa S. Williams.

A collection of essays that unpacks the history, nature, development, and beliefs of American ConservatismThe topic of American conservatism is especially timely—and perhaps volatile. Is there what might be termed an “exceptional” form of conservatism that is characteristically American, in contrast...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; 10
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 A HISTORY OF INHERENT CONTRADICTIONS: THE ORIGINS AND END OF AMERICAN CONSERVATISM
  • 2 AN INTERPRETATION OF AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT: POLITICAL ISSUES, CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES, AND ATTITUDINAL DISJUNCTIONS
  • 3 CONSERVATISM IN AMERICA? A RESPONSE TO SIDORSKY
  • 4 THE WORMS AND THE OCTOPUS: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, PLURALISM, AND CONSERVATISM
  • 5 ANTI-GOVERNMENTISM IN CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT: A NOTE ON GARNETT’S CONCEPTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
  • 6 CONSTITUTIVE STORIES ABOUT THE COMMON LAW IN MODERN AMERICAN CONSERVATISM
  • 7 THE ROLE OF CONSERVATISM IN SECURING AND MAINTAINING JUST MORAL CONSTITUTIONS: TOWARD A THEORY OF COMPLEX NORMATIVE SYSTEMS
  • 8 CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATISM AND AMERICAN CONSERVATISM
  • 9 FIGHTING OVER THE CONSERVATIVE BANNER
  • 10 UNITING CONSERVATIVES: COMMENTS ON BOGUS’S TRIFURCATED CONSERVATISM
  • 11 LEO STRAUSS AND AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT AND POLITICS
  • 12 WHAT FASCISM TEACHES US
  • 13 SEGREGATION, AGGRESSION, AND EXECUTIVE POWER: LEO STRAUSS AND ‘THE BOYS’
  • INDEX