Full 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.
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: 'RADICAL CONSERVATISM'
Conservatism and Politics
Conservatism and Radical Conservatism
PART TWO: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO RADICAL CONSERVATISM
Reflexivity and Spontaneity
Politics and Theology
The Critique of 'One-World Civilization' and the Nation
Forms of Radical Conservatism - An Attempt at an International Perspective
New Political Constellations?
PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS
Radical Conservatism, the Sociology of Knowledge and the Future of Politics
