Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics

Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics PDF Author: Goran Dahl
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761954149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Book Description
Over the last 30 years the post-war centre-ground which recognized the welfare state, the funding of education, protection of the environment and the management of capitalism as the proper business of the state, has fragmented. Emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the proper limitations of state power has changed the climate of everyday life. This book locates the roots of radical conservatism in the writings of Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Heidegger, Junger and Schmitt. It documents the radical conservative worldview and points to limitations in its perspective. Dahl asserts that we should be wary of considering radical conservatism as a singular phenomenon and discusses global divergences in belief and policy.