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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Muller, Jerry Z., 1954- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.