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Russian Conservatism -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Defining Russian Conservatism -- Chapter 2: The Reign of Alexander I -- Chapter 3: Official Nationality -- Chapter 4: The Slavophiles -- Chapter 5: The Great Reforms -- Chapter 6: The Era of Counter-Reform -- Chapter 7: Between Revolutions -- Chapter 8: Emigration -- Chapter 9: The Soviet Union Under Stalin -- Chapter 10: Late Soviet Conservatism -- Chapter 11: Post-Soviet Russia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Conservatism in Canada explores the ideological character of contemporary Canadian conservatism, its support in the electorate, its impact on public policies such as immigration and foreign policy, and its articulation at both federal and provincial levels

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The study of ethics has recently become influenced by a form of moral conservatism—a critique of "modernity" with a bias towards Aristotle. It stresses the integrity of communities and their customs, a pluralistic and particularistic respect for the diversity of human groups, the poverty of utopianism and Marxism, and the inevitability of moral and political conflict. Each stress raises major issues: the priority of social goods over human rights; hermeneutical problems of understanding between communities; difficulties for societies' shaping a common future in accordance with their moral understanding; the balance between consensus and conflict in political life. These problems are addressed in an extended form of moral conservatism which defines a number of correspondences with progressive conceptions of humanity. Referring to central facts of moral psychology and possible institutions of public communication, the discussion identifies universal human purposes whose practical implications are consistent with a postmodern society in which the course of development is settled by public deliberation.

We propose an analytic account of dispositional conservatism that attempts to uncover a foundation of what is often taken to be an anti-foundationalist position. We identify a bias in favour of the status quo as a key component of the conservative disposition and address the question of the justification of such a conservative disposition, and the circumstances in which the widespread adoption of such a disposition might be normatively desirable. Our analysis builds on a structural link between the economist's traditional emphasis on questions of feasibility and the conservative's attachment to the status quo.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction: Is Conservative Revival Possible? -- Part One: History -- Chapter I: The English Conservative Tradition -- 1. What Is Conservatism? -- 2. John Fortescue and the Birth of Anglo-American Conservatism -- 3. Richard Hooker and Protestant Conservatism -- 4. The Greatest Conservative: John Selden -- 5. Edmund Burke and the Challenge of Liberalism -- 6. Principles of Anglo-American Conservatism -- Chapter II: American Nationalists -- 1. The Federalists, America's Nationalist Conservatives -- 2. A Distinct American Nation of British Heritage -- 3. Continuity with the British Constitution -- 4. Executive Power Vested in One Man -- 5. The Supreme Court and the Constitution -- 6. Economic Nationalism -- 7. Nationalist Immigration Policy -- 8. Alliance with Britain -- 9. Alliance between Religion and State -- 10. Opposition to Slavery -- 11. The Federalists and Modern American Nationalism -- Part Two: Philosophy -- Chapter III: The Conservative Paradigm -- 1. Paradigm Blindness -- 2. The Premises of Conservatism -- 3. Rationalism and Empiricism -- 4. Mutual Loyalty -- 5. Honor -- 6. Hierarchy -- 7. Cohesion and Dissolution -- 8. Traditional Institutions -- 9. Political Obligation -- 10. Freedom and Constraint -- 11. Tradition and Truth -- Chapter IV: God, Scripture, Family, and Congregation -- 1. God and Scripture -- 2. Why There Is No Alternative to God and Scripture -- 3. The Traditional Family -- 4. The Community or Congregation -- Chapter V: The Purposes of Government -- 1. The National Interest or Common Good -- 2. The Government of the Family -- 3. The State as a Traditional Institution -- 4. Eight Purposes of National Government -- 5. Religion as a Purpose of Government -- 6. The Balance of Purposes in the State -- Part Three: Current Affairs -- Chapter VI: Liberal Hegemony and Cold War Conservatism.

In comparison to other political doctrines, Conservatism is an understudied subject. And there are few books that bring together works of scholars studying Conservatism from different perspectives. Reflections on Conservatism is among these few pieces and