30th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by Michael Federici.
Conservatives are guided by prudence. So taught Russell Kirk (1918–1994), one of the founding fathers of American conservatism. If the tradition of prudential politics has fallen on hard times, its comeback might well begin in the pages of this wise book. An understanding of prudence as practical wisdom, the capacity of choosing the right means to attain worthy ends, is much needed in our time. It is the virtue most associated with the statesman.
Distinguishing political prudence from ideology, Kirk examines ten principles, events, books, and thinkers that have shaped the conservative mind and heart. The final chapter examines the shortcomings of democracy throughout the world and the need for representative government conducted by temperate and thoughtful men and women. In an eloquent epilogue, Kirk calls the rising generation to the defense of order—both the moral order and the social order, the order of the soul and the order of society—against the enemies of justice, freedom, and a high culture.
Reflecting decades of learning and practical experience, this lucid book is Kirk's bequest to the young men and women of today, an instruction manual for redeeming the time.

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Regnery Publishing

Regnery Gateway

Salem Books

United States, United States of America

Simon & Schuster, [N.p.], 2023

Washington, D.C

Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the 2023 Edition
Introduction to the 2004 Edition
Chapter I: The Errors of Ideology
Chapter II: Ten Conservative Principles
Chapter III: The Conservative Cause: Ten Events
Chapter IV: Ten Conservative Books
Chapter V: Ten Exemplary Conservatives
Chapter VI: The Politics of T. S. Eliot
Chapter VII: Donald Davidson and the South’s Conservatism
Chapter VIII: The Humane Economy of Wilhelm Roepke
Chapter IX: Malcolm Muggeridge’s Scourging of Liberalism
Chapter X: Popular Conservatism
Chapter XI: A Dispassionate Assessment of Libertarians
Chapter XII: The Neoconservatives: An Endangered Species
Chapter XIII: The Cultural Conservatives
Chapter XIV: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy
Chapter XV: The Behemoth State: Centralization
Chapter XVI: Cultivating Educational Wastelands
Chapter XVII: Prospects for the Proletariat
Chapter XVIII: Popular Government and Intemperate Minds
An Exhortatory Epilogue: May the Rising Generation Redeem the Time?
About the Author
Index
Copyright

2024-02-04