Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Foreword ix
5. 1. Reminiscences 1
6. 2. Robert Nisbet: Conservative Sociologist 11
7. 3. Defining Right and Left 27
8. 4. The Problem of Historical Connections 41
9. 5. Liberal Democracy as a God Term 59
10. 6. Origins of the State 73
11. 7. Reexamining the Conservative Legacy 81
12. 8. Whig History Revisited 89
13. 9. The European Union Elections, 2014 95
14. 10. The English Constitution Reconsidered 101
15. 11. Redefining Classes 107
16. 12. Did Mussolini Have a Pope? 111
17. 13. Heidegger and Strauss: A Comparative Study 119
18. 14. Explaining Trump 129
19. Afterword 143
20. Notes 149
21. Index 167