'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The seventh revised edition features the complete text and an introduction by publisher Henry Regnery. Brilliant in every respect, from its conception to its choice of significant figures representing the history of intellectual conservatism, The Conservative Mind launched the modern American Conservative Movement when it was first published in 1953 and has become an enduring classic of political thought. Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind is one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. He has tried to pull conservatism away from the utilitarian premises of libertarianism, toward which conservatism often veers, toward a philosophy rooted in ethics and culture.' - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Kirk is assured a place of prominence in the intellectual histories for helping to define the ethical basis of conservatism. It was his writings, and in particular his seminal work, The Conservative Mind, that laid the foundation for many of the ideas that continue to shape public discourse and debate to this day.' - JOHN ENGLER, former Governer of Michigan Russell Kirk's impact on conservative thought and policy in America has been decisive. 'I have been one of your fans since the time many years ago when I read The Conservative Mind.' - RICHARD NIXON

About the Author Russell Kirk was an American author, historian and political theorist, whose book The Conservative Mind was hugely influential in shaping the conservative movement following. was an artist, a vsionary, almost a prophet.' - DAVID FRUM, author of Dead Right The Conservative Mind (1953) offers insights into the axioms that underpin modern conservative thought by looking at conservatism’s historical roots. is, in important respects, the twentieth century's own version of the Reflections on the Revolution in France.

'A profound critique of contemporary mass society, and a vivid and poetic image - not a program, an image - of how that society might better itself.

'It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor.' - WILLIAM F BUCKLEY

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