Conservatism
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political ideology which problematizes change, resists modernity and values stability, tradition and order. It emerged in the Enlightenment (often in reaction to it), in the work of Hume, Montesquieu, Madison and Burke, but its roots go back to Ancient Greek scepticism.
conservatism, tradition, imperfection, scepticism
978 90 04 29043 3
347-349
O'Hara, Kieron
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10 December 2015
O'Hara, Kieron
0a64a4b1-efb5-45d1-a4c2-77783f18f0c4
O'Hara, Kieron
(2015)
Conservatism.
In,
Segal, Robert A. and von Stuckrad, Kocku
(eds.)
Vocabulary for the Study of Religion Vol 1.
Boston, US.
Brill, .
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Abstract
Conservatism is a political ideology which problematizes change, resists modernity and values stability, tradition and order. It emerged in the Enlightenment (often in reaction to it), in the work of Hume, Montesquieu, Madison and Burke, but its roots go back to Ancient Greek scepticism.
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Published date: 10 December 2015
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conservatism, tradition, imperfection, scepticism
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/389539
ISBN: 978 90 04 29043 3
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Robert A. Segal
Editor:
Kocku von Stuckrad
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