American
conservatism, Will announces, has almost nothing to do with European
conservatism, "which is descended from, and often is still tainted by, throne-and-altar, blood-and-soil nostalgia, irrationality and tribalism."
American
conservatism, Will announces, has almost nothing to do with European
conservatism, "which is descended from, and often is still tainted by, throne-and-altar, blood-and-soil nostalgia, irrationality and tribalism." He paraphrases Margaret Thatcher in observing that "European nations were made by history, the United States was made by philosophy."
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Conservatism is a commitment to individual liberty, tempered by the conviction that genuine freedom entails more than simply an absence of restraint
Kirk showed me intellectual
conservatism for the first time, and much of it was over my head.
His newest book,
Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition, is more dialectical, prone to emphasize certain affinities between
conservatism and the liberalism it aims to moderate and correct.
The stature of governance in a firm determines the demand for
conservatism. More effective the stature of governance leads to a greater demand for
conservatism.
The study outlines the overview of accounting
conservatism and the hypothesis development in Section 2.
In 2013, Republicans' economic
conservatism softened a bit, while Democrats' economic liberalism grew further.
In Brazil, the change related to
conservatism pronounced by the CPC may have influence on the companies' practices and, consequently, possible effects on asset and liability items, mainly in equity from the impact on profits.
It is ironic that the best book on American
conservatism has been written by a Polish mathematician who spent several years teaching at American universities and returned to Poland to head one of the Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The author argues that the
conservatism that exists today does not resemble the traditional
conservatism (which began in the late 19th century) of Edmund Burke, John Adams, Henry Adams, Richard Weaver, Russell Kirk, and other political thinkers, and is instead rooted in capitalism and materialism.
