Cameron and contingent conservatism
Cameron and contingent conservatism This is the first post of the year, for which apologies, but there will be lots more material soon. This is my latest article for the University Bookman (Russell...
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An Opaque Ideology?
An Opaque Ideology? Peter King identifies the timeless essence of conservatism When God finally spoke in English he did so in tones of moderation and quietness. After the violence and turmoil of the...
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No Change Please
Bob Barron*, Galactic centre 1 No Change Please Peter King makes a timely defence of inertia As the author of recently written books with titles such as Keeping Things Close and Here and Now[i] it is...
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Radicalism’s Glittering Allure
Bob Barron, Periphery 2* Radicalism’s Glittering Allure Peter King resumes his exegesis of ‘real’ conservatism There is an obvious allure to radicalism. It all seems so straightforward. We can identify...
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Conservatism and Liberalism
Bob Barron, Continuum 2* Conservatism and Liberalism Peter King compares and contrasts Is conservatism compatible with liberalism? Friedrich von Hayek, the great economist and social philosopher who so...
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Libertarian Conservatism
Bob Barron, Frontier 2* Libertarian Conservatism Peter King commends constraint The form of conservative politics that I espouse has no purpose. Governing is an end in itself and it is leading nowhere....
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In Defence of Inconsistency
Mark Rothko In Defence of Inconsistency Peter King on a further contradiction of conservatism We like to think that we are rational and that we act in a consistent manner. If we are conservatives we...
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An Opaque Ideology?
Willem de Kooning An Opaque Ideology? Allan Pond considers the meaning of conservatism We all know that self-congratulatory triad “I have principles, you have beliefs, she has an ideology”. To accuse...
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We Cannot Escape History
Bob Barron, Matins 2 We Cannot Escape History Mark Wegierski contrasts American and Canadian Conservatism [An article based on a presentation read at the “Conservatism: Made in USA” Conference, held...
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Oakeshott’s World View
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, frontispiece Oakeshott’s World View Noel O’Sullivan (ed.), The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-Western Thought, Imprint Academic, 2017; £19.95; pbk;...
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The Failure of Canadian Conservatism
Justin Trudeau at the Vancouver Pride Parade, 2018 The Failure of Canadian Conservatism Mark Wegierski, writing on the 153rd anniversary of Canadian Confederation This essay is partially based on Mark...
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Conservatism and Sociology
Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito Conservatism and Sociology Mark Wegierski, on the science of power In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a central point is that semantics are critical for...
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Transcending Woke Capitalism
Transcending Woke Capitalism by Mark Wegierski There is currently a debate underway about the shape and future of conservatism in both America and Canada. But what should a genuine conservatism...
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