Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

The American conservative movement as we know it faces an existential crisis as the nation's demographics shift away from its core constituentsâ€”older white middle-class Christians. It is the American conservatism that we donâ€™t know that concerns George Hawley in this book. During its ascendancy, leaders within the conservative establishment have energetically policed the movementâ€™s boundaries, effectively keeping alternative versions of conservatism out of view. Returning those neglected voices to the story, Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism offers a more complete, complex, and nuanced account of the American right in all its dissonance in history and in our day.

The right-wing intellectual movements considered here differ both from mainstream conservatism and from each other when it comes to fundamental premises, such as the value of equality, the proper role of the state, the importance of free markets, the place of religion in politics, and attitudes toward race. In clear and dispassionate terms, Hawley examines localists who exhibit equal skepticism toward big business and big government, paleoconservatives who look to the distant past for guidance and wish to turn back the clock, radical libertarians who are not content to be junior partners in the conservative movement, and various strains of white supremacy and the radical right in America.

In the Internet age, where access is no longer determined by the select few, the independent right has far greater opportunities to make its many voices heard. This timely work puts those voices into context and historical perspective, clarifying our understanding of the American rightâ€”past, present, and future.
Country USA
Brand University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer University Press of Kansas
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780700621934
ReleaseDate 2016-02-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780700621934

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer	University Press of Kansas
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780700621934
ReleaseDate	2016-02-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780700621934

Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

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