Russell Kirk - American Conservative

This engaging biography not only offers a fresh and thorough assessment of one of America's most influential thinkers but reasserts his humane vision in an increasingly inhumane time.

About the author

Bradley J. Birzer is Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and professor of history at Hillsdale College and interim president and CEO of the American Conservative magazine. He is also the second Visiting Scholar of Conservative Thought and Policy, University of Colorado--Boulder, and the author of American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll and Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson. Birzer is a cofounder of and senior contributor to The Imaginative Conservative.

Summary

Buckley Jr., and Senator Barry Goldwater -- who persuaded a reluctant Kirk to participate in his campaign for the presidency in 1964. While several books examine the evolution of postwar conservatism and libertarianism, surprisingly few works explore Kirk's life and thought in detail.

Product details

• Authors: Bradley J Birzer, Bradley J. Birzer
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780813175270
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-7527-0
• No. of pages: 608
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Demokratische Ideologien: Liberalismus, Mitte, Demokratische Ideologien: Konservativismus, Mitte-rechts, Humanistische Philosophie, Biography / Autobiography, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism