Research Catalog

Title

American conservatism / edited by Sanford V. Levinson, Joel Parker, and Melissa S. Williams.

Publication

• New York ; London : New York University Press, [2016]
• ©2016

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Levinson, Sanford, 1941-
• Parker, Joel, 1968-
• Williams, Melissa S., 1960-

Description

xii, 446 pages; 22 cm

Series Statement

Nomos ; LVI

Uniform Title

• American conservatism (Levinson, Parker, and Williams)
• Nomos ; 56.

Subjects

• Conservatism
• United States
• Conservatism > United States
• Essays

Genre/Form

Essays.

Note

• "About half of the essays date back to panels of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy that were held in January of 2007 (at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools; the remainder were delivered at a conference held at the University of Texas Law in September 2012"--Preface.
• Includes index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available as an e-book.

Contents

A history of inherent contradictions: the origins and end of American conservatism / James R. Kurth -- An interpretation of American conservative thought: political issues : conceptual differences, and attitudinal disjunctions / David Sidorsky -- Conservatism in America?: a response to Sidorsky / Patrick J. Deneen -- The worms and the octopus: religious freedom, pluralism, and conservatism / Richard W. Garnett -- Anti-governmentism in conservative thought: a note on Garnett's conception of religious freedom / Ingrid Creppell -- Constitutive stories about the common law in modern American conservatism / Ken I. Kersch -- The role of conservatism in securing and maintaining just moral constitutions: toward a theory of complex normative systems / Gerald Gaus -- Constitutional conservatism and American conservatism / Johnathan O'Neill -- Fighting over the conservative banner / Carl T. Bogus -- Uniting conservatives: comments on Bogus's trifurcated conservatism / Eldon Eisenach -- Leo Strauss and American conservative thought and politics / Nathan Tarcov -- What fascism teaches us / Arthur J. Jacobson -- Segregation, aggression, and executive power: Leo Strauss and 'the boys' / Alan Gilbert.

Call Number

JFD 16-623

ISBN

• 9781479812370
• 1479812374

LCCN

2015047791

OCLC

932083228

Title

American conservatism / edited by Sanford V. Levinson, Joel Parker, and Melissa S. Williams.

Publisher

New York ; London : New York University Press, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Nomos ; LVI

Nomos ; 56.

Additional Formats

Also available as an e-book.

Added Author

Levinson, Sanford, 1941- editor.

Parker, Joel, 1968- editor.

Williams, Melissa S., 1960- editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 16-623