The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot

and this perhaps is his best You might want to have a bit Daniel Olson Anyone interested in the history of the conservative movement should read at least one of Kirk's books, and this perhaps is his best You might want to have a bit of a political philosophy background though. Also, remember that he first wrote this in the 1950's so be prepared for the rhetoric and conventions of the time period.. FCD117 said A Very Dense and Difficult Read - Academic Excellence. This is the kind of book that an average reader is going to struggle with. It is not in any way an easy read. There are many passages that elude me completely. It reads like an upper level college text book. I am reading this by myself and do not have a mentor and I am struggling with this work. I read one or two pages at a sitting. I study other reference material and then r. "The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk" Robert J. Allen I believe the book will be more comfortable with "political wonks" and history buffs. If you have only a passing connection with English history and political writers of both the left and right over the last 300 years you will find yourself spending much time in the local Libraries catching up on these books. That wouldn't be a bad idea, but trying to catch up on the backgrou

He has tried to pull conservatism away from the utilitarian premises of liberalism, toward which conservatism often veers, toward a philosophy rooted in ethics and culture.'' --Wall Street Journal . ''It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor.'' --William F. Buckley, Jr.''Kirk is assured a place of prominence in the intellectual histories for helping to define the ethical basis of conservatism

There is no doubt that this book is responsible to a large degree for the rise of conservatism as a viable and credible creed. The then-young Kirk wrote this during a time when liberalism was heralded as the only political and intellectual tradition in America. Vigorously written, the book represents conservatism as an ideology born of sound intellectual traditions.. Kirk defines ''the conservative mind'' by examining such brilliant men as Edmund Burke, James Fenimore Cooper, Alexis de Tocqueville, John Quincy Adams, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benjamin Disraeli, Cardinal Newman, George Santayana, and finally, T.S. Library Edition Audiobook CD in Vinyl case. Read by Phillip Davidson*One of the National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century First published in 1953, this magnificent work will