All Posts Tagged With: "Russell Kirk"
Neoconservatives and the Freedom Philosophy
The winter 2004 issue of The Public Interest contains an article by Adam Wolfson, the publication’s editor, on “Conservatives and Neoconservatives.” Mr. Wolfson outlines some of the central ideas of neoconservatism by contrasting them with what he refers to as traditionalist conservatism, paleoconservatism, and libertarian conservatism. Before World War II, he points out, conservatism was [...]
1May2004 | Richard M. Ebeling | 2 comments | ContinuedRussell Kirk’s Conception of Decadence
Mr. Whitney is senior speech writer for Michigan Governor John Engler and the senior fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal. When the late Dr. Russell Kirk sought a publisher for The Conservative Mind, he approached a young Chicago firm run by Henry Regnery. Regnery seized on the significance of the manuscript and [...]
1Jun1997 | Gleaves Whitney | 0 comments | ContinuedRussell Kirk’s Economics of the Permanent Things
John Attarian is a freelance writer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. While Russell Kirk (1918-1994) is properly recognized for his role in reviving American conservative thought, his ruminations on economics have received little attention. Yet he gave economics due consideration, and was a sturdy friend of economic freedom and a foe of statism. Moreover, because he [...]
1Apr1996 | John Attarian | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Sword of Imagination: Memoirs of a Half-Century of Literary Conflict
Mr. Watkins is assistant editor of The Freeman. Russell Kirk (1918-1994) was proof of the power of individuals. Kirk’s influence on the blossoming of contemporary American conservative thought cannot be measured. His 30 books on everything from economics to history will inspire their readers for years to come. Kirk’s final work, completed shortly before his [...]
1Mar1996 | William J. Watkins Jr. | 0 comments | ContinuedAs Frank Chodorov Sees It
John Stuart Mill, says Professor Russell Kirk in a recent article in the conservative National Review, is “dated.” He was referring to the famous treatise On Liberty. The occasion for this dictum is the revival of interest in the treatise, by way of a couple of re-publications and the consequent appearance of critical articles. When [...]
1Apr1956 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | Continued-
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