Revolt From the Heartland - The Struggle for an Authentic Conservatism

The dominant forces of American conservatism remain wedded, at all costs, to the Republican Party, but another movement, one with its roots in the pre-World War II era, has stepped forth to fill an intellectual vacuum on the right. This Old Right first rose in opposition to the New Deal, fighting both statism at home and the emergence of an American empire abroad. More recently this movement, sometimes called paleoconservatism, has provided the ideological backbone of modern populism and the opposition to globaliation, with decisive effects on presidential politics. In Revolt from the Heartland, now in paperback, Joseph Scotchie provides an intellectual history of the Old Right, treating its main figures and defining its conflict with the traditional left-right political mainstream.

Sommario

Introduction; 1: Reading America; 2: The First Old Right; 3: Cold War Conservatism; 4: The Chapel Hill Conspiracy; 5: Suicide of the West—Again; 6: Against American Empire; 7: What the Old Right is For; 8: The Survival Question

Info autore

Joseph A. Scotchie

Riassunto

The dominant forces of American conservatism remain wedded, at all costs, to the Republican Party, but another movement, one with its roots in the pre-World War II era, has stepped forth to fill an intellectual vacuum on the right

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joseph A Scotchie, Joseph A. Scotchie, Scotchie Joseph A.
• Editore: Transaction Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2002
• EAN: 9780765801289
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0128-9
• Pagine: 138
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, History of Ideas, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements