Book description
In the second half of the twentieth century, American conservatism
emerged from the shadow of New Deal liberalism and developed into a
movement exerting considerable influence on the formulation and
execution of public policy in the United States. During that period, the
political philosophers who provided the intellectual foundations for the
American conservative movement were John H. Hallowell, Eric Voegelin,
Leo Strauss, Richard Weaver, Russell Kirk, Robert Nisbet, John Courtney
Murray, Friedrich Hayek, and Willmoore Kendall. By offering a
comprehensive analysis of their thoughts and beliefs, The Dilemmas of
American Conservatism both illuminates the American conservative
imagination and reveals its most serious contradictions. The
contributing authors question whether a core set of conservative
principles can be determined based on the frequently diverging
perspectives of these key philosophers. Kenneth L. Deutsch, professor
of political science at SUNY Geneseo, is the author of the recently
published An Invitation to Political Thought. He lives in Geneseo, New
York. Ethan Fishman, professor of political science at the University of
South Alabama, is the author of numerous books, including The Prudential
Presidency: An Aristotelian Approach to Presidential Leadership. He
lives in Mobile, Alabama.
