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Jan 13, 2017 · Edmund Burke (1729-1797) is the philosophical fountainhead of modern conservatism. But he didn’t start out that way. The Irish-born politician started as a fiery Whig, a voice for American independence and for Dissenters and radicals at home in Great Britain.
In 1998, Modern Library compiled a readers' list of the 20th century’s greatest 100 books that placed Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead in the first and second spots, respectively; both ...
Sep 15, 2009 · By Max Fisher. September 15, 2009. This article is from the archive of our partner . Ayn Rand, whose mid-century novels "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" are as widely-read as...
Lord Hugh Cecil postulates within modern conservatism what he calls innate conservatism: a psychological characteristic found in all people to some degree (Cecil 1912).
Oct 17, 2016 · Even in the middle of the past century, when American intellectuals on the right were publishing the books that buttressed a movement—Peter Viereck’s “Conservatism Revisited” (1949 ...
Critchlow believes insufficient attention is given to framing the history of conservatism more broadly within the framework of modern liberalism and that too much attention focuses on conservatism as a racial backlash.
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Aug 26, 2012 · David Farber traces the history of modern conservatism from its revolt against New Deal liberalism, to its breathtaking resurgence under Ronald Reagan, to its spectacular defeat with the election of Barack Obama.
