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- catalog abstract "Annotation Russell Kirk, author of The Conservative Mind and A Program for Conservatives, has been regarded as one of the foremost figures of the post-World War II revival in conservative thought. While numerous commentators on contemporary political thought have acknowledged his considerable influence on the substance and direction of American conservatism, no analysis of his social and political writing has dealt extensively with the philosophical foundations of his work. In this provocative study, W. Wesley McDonald examines those foundations and demonstrates their impact on the conservative intellectual movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. Kirk played a pivotal role in drawing conservatism away from the laissez-faire principles of libertarianism and toward those of a traditional community grounded in a renewed appreciation of man's social and spiritual nature and the moral prerequisites of genuine liberty. In a humane social order, a community of spirit is fostered in which generations are bound together., According to Kirk, this link is achieved through moral and social norms that transcend the particularities of time and place and, because they form the basis of genuine civilized existence, can only be neglected at great peril. These norms are reflected in religious dogmas, traditions, humane letters, social habit and custom, and prescriptive institutions and create the sources of the true community that is also the final end of politics. Although this study does not challenge Kirk's debts to a predominantly Catholic and Anglo-Catholic tradition of natural law, its focus is on his appeal to historical experience as the test of sound institutions. This aspect of his thought wasessential to Kirk's understanding of moral, cultural, and aesthetic norms and can be seen in his responses to American humanists Paul Elmer More and Irving Babbitt and to English and American romantic literature. Russell Kirk and.".
- catalog contributor b13167501.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Annotation Russell Kirk, author of The Conservative Mind and A Program for Conservatives, has been regarded as one of the foremost figures of the post-World War II revival in conservative thought. While numerous commentators on contemporary political thought have acknowledged his considerable influence on the substance and direction of American conservatism, no analysis of his social and political writing has dealt extensively with the philosophical foundations of his work. In this provocative study, W. Wesley McDonald examines those foundations and demonstrates their impact on the conservative intellectual movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. Kirk played a pivotal role in drawing conservatism away from the laissez-faire principles of libertarianism and toward those of a traditional community grounded in a renewed appreciation of man's social and spiritual nature and the moral prerequisites of genuine liberty. In a humane social order, a community of spirit is fostered in which generations are bound together., According to Kirk, this link is achieved through moral and social norms that transcend the particularities of time and place and, because they form the basis of genuine civilized existence, can only be neglected at great peril. These norms are reflected in religious dogmas, traditions, humane letters, social habit and custom, and prescriptive institutions and create the sources of the true community that is also the final end of politics. Although this study does not challenge Kirk's debts to a predominantly Catholic and Anglo-Catholic tradition of natural law, its focus is on his appeal to historical experience as the test of sound institutions. This aspect of his thought wasessential to Kirk's understanding of moral, cultural, and aesthetic norms and can be seen in his responses to American humanists Paul Elmer More and Irving Babbitt and to English and American romantic literature. Russell Kirk and.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-238) and index.".
- catalog description "Kirk and the rebirth of American conservatism -- The moral basis of conservatism -- The moral imagination, reason, and natural law -- Tradition and "the permanent things" -- Order in the soul and commonwealth -- Community and freedom -- Leadership and education -- The enduring legacy.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 243 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Russell Kirk and the age of ideology.".
- catalog identifier "0826215122 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Russell Kirk and the age of ideology.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press,".
- catalog relation "Russell Kirk and the age of ideology.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "320.52/092 22".
- catalog subject "Conservatism United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "JC573.2.U6 M37 2004".
- catalog subject "Kirk, Russell.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Kirk and the rebirth of American conservatism -- The moral basis of conservatism -- The moral imagination, reason, and natural law -- Tradition and "the permanent things" -- Order in the soul and commonwealth -- Community and freedom -- Leadership and education -- The enduring legacy.".
- catalog title "Russell Kirk and the age of ideology / W. Wesley McDonald.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".