Conservatism : an anthology of social and political thought from David Hume to the present /
At a time when the label "conservative" is indiscriminately applied to fundamentalists, populists, libertarians, fascists, and the advocates of one or another orthodoxy, this volume offers a nuanced and historically informed presentation of what is distinctive about conservative social and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1997]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- "Of justice" from An enquiry concerning the principles of morals ; "Of the origin of government" ; "Of the original contract" ; "Of passive obedience" / David Hume
- "Preface" to A vindication of natural society / Edmund Burke
- "On the diminished disgrace of whores and their children in our day" ; "No promotion according to merit" / Justus Möser
- Reflections on the revolution in France / Edmund Burke
- On divorce / Louis de Bonald
- Essay on the generative principle of political constitutions and of other human institutions / Joseph de Maistre
- "Federalist no. 49" / James Madison
- "The position and functions of the American Bar, as an element of conservatism in the state" / Rufus Choate
- Culture and anarchy / Matthew Arnold
- Liberty, equality, fraternity / James Fitzjames Stephen
- Aristocracy and evolution : a study of the rights, the origin, and social functions of the wealthier classes / W.H. Mallock
- "Aptitude and social mobility" / Joseph A. Schumpeter
- "Sociological fallacies" ; "On the case of a certain man who is never thought of" ; "An examination of a noble sentiment" / William Graham Sumner
- "Essays on war" / T.E. Hulme
- "When Parliament cannot be sovereign" / Carl Schmitt
- "Political leadership and democracy" / Joseph A. Schumpeter
- "Speech on rebuilding the House of Commons" / Winston Churchill
- "Rationalism in politics" / Michael Oakeshott
- "The errors of constructivism" ; The mirage of social justice / Friedrich Hayek
- The unheavenly city revisited / Edward Banfield
- "Pornography, obscenity, and the case for censorship" / Irving Kristol
- To empower people : the role of mediating structures in public policy / Peter L. Berger and Richard John Neuhaus
- "The social consequences of attempts to create equality" / Hermann Lübbe
- "On culture, nature, and naturalness" ; "Man and institutions" / Arnold Gehlen
- "Toward a theory of culture" / Philip Rieff.