Conservatism: An Anthology of Social and Political Thought from David Hume to the Present

Description

History Professor Jerry Muller locates the origins of modern conservatism within the Enlightenment and distinguishes conservatism from orthodoxy. Reviewing important specimens of analysis from the mid18th century through our own day, Muller demonstrates that characteristic features of conservative argument recur over time and across national borders.

• Author: Jerry Z. Muller
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Published: 1997-05-04
• Pages: 476
• ISBN-13: 9780691037110