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.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Bradley J Birzer, Bradley J. Birzer
• Edition: University Press of Kentucky
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780813175270
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-7527-0
• Pages: 608
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; 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