December 23, 2017
The Anti-Conservative Mind
By Richard M. Gamble
The Age of Trump has shattered old alliances and forged new ones. Leaving many reeling and disoriented, the Trump phenomenon brings a fresh opportunity to examine the first principles of conservatism.
This coming year supplies an excellent starting point for this project. It marks the centennial of the birth of Russell Kirk. His landmark 1953 book, The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Santayana, gave post-World War II conservatism much of its intellectual coherence – a coherence that is now in shreds.
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http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/12/the_anticonservative_mind.html#ixzz52H8cHuzS
