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While historians such as Patrick Allitt (born 1956) and political theorists such as Russell Kirk (1918–1994) assert that conservative principles have played a major role in U.S. politics and culture since 1776, they also argue that an organized conservative movement with beliefs that differ from those of other American political parties did ...
The second movement was conservative Whiggism. Examples of conservative Whigs include Cadwallader Colden, the De Lancey family of New York, and Richard Bland. Whig ideas dominated colonial politics, and Whig philosophers, such as John Locke (1632–1704) and other apologists of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, were widely read.
Traditionalist conservatism, also known as classical conservatism, emphasises the need for the principles of natural law, transcendent moral order, tradition, hierarchy, organicism, agrarianism, classicism, and high culture as well as the intersecting spheres of loyalty. [124]
Seeking a more positive definition, the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, defines conservatism as "the political philosophy that sovereignty resides in the person.
This timeline of modern American conservatism lists important events, developments and occurrences that have affected conservatism in the United States. With the decline of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party after 1960, the movement is most closely associated with the Republican Party (GOP).
A new book aims to explain why White liberals and White conservatives often disagree on what is considered "racist," or "sexist" and explains how both sides can better address these issues in society.
billionaire industrialist and donor to conservative organizations and candidates [143] [149] Richard Land: 1946– former lobbyist for the Southern Baptist Convention [151] Robert Mercer: 1946– donor to conservative organizations such as Breitbart News [152] Franklin Graham: 1952– evangelist and political activist [153] Tony Perkins: 1963–
The Conservative Mind is a book by American conservative philosopher Russell Kirk. It was first published in 1953 as Kirk's doctoral dissertation and has since gone into seven editions, the later ones with the subtitle From Burke to Eliot. It traces the development of conservative thought in the Anglo-American tradition, giving special ...