Six. Ideas and Thinkers: Distrust of Democracy and of Public Reason

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. PART I Conservatism’s Forerunners
6. One. Critics of Revolution 3
7. PART II What Conservatism Is
8. Two. Character, Outlook, and Labelling of Conservatism 41
9. PART III Conservatism’s First Phase (1830–80): Resisting Liberalism
10. The Year 1830 71
11. Three. Parties and Politicians: A Right without Authority 72
12. Four. Ideas and Thinkers: Turning Reason against Liberalism 108
13. PART IV Conservatism’s Second Phase (1880–1945): Adaptation and Compromise
14. The Year 1880 159
15. Five. Parties and Politicians: Authority Recovered and Squandered 160
16. Six. Ideas and Thinkers: Distrust of Democracy and of Public Reason 205
17. PART V Conservatism’s Third Phase (1945–80): Political Command and Intellectual Recovery
18. The Year 1945 267
19. Seven. Parties and Politicians: Recovering Nerve and Rewinning Power 269
20. Eight. Ideas and Thinkers: Answering Liberal Orthodoxies 295
21. PART VI Conservatism’s Fourth Phase (1980 to the Present: Hyper-liberalism and the Hard Right
22. The Year 1980 327
23. Nine. Parties and Politicians: Letting in the Hard Right 328
24. Ten. Ideas and Thinkers: Yes or No to a Hyper-liberal Status Quo 362
25. Coda: Choices for the Right 415
26. Appendix A: Conservative Keywords 419
27. Appendix B: Philosophical Sources of Conservative Thought 424
28. Appendix C: Conservative Lives: A Gazetteer 428
29. Works Consulted 467
30. Index of Names 495
31. Index of Subjects 507