American conservative thought in the twentieth century
By: William F. Buckley, Jr., editor ; with a new introduction by Roger Pilon
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
Number of pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9781412842518
Subjects: Politics and government; Philosophy; Conservatism; History
Work titles: Did you ever see a dream walking?
Notes: Originally published: Did you ever see a dream walking? : American conservative thought in the twentieth century. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1970.
Table of contents: title: Part One. The historical and intellectual background. The convenient state / Garry Wills; title: E Pluribus Unum: the American consensus / John Courtney Murray, S. J.; title: The unwritten Constitution / L. Brent Bozell; title: The recrudescent American conservatism / Frank S. Meyer; title: Part Two. The limitations of state. The masses in representative democracy / Michael Oakeshott; title: Anarchist's progress / Albert Jay Nock; title: Economics in one lesson / Henry Hazlitt; title: Freedom and the planned economy / Max Eastman; title: Capitalism and freedom: a concluding note / Milton Friedman; title: Part Three. Contemporary challenges and the social order. On the nature of civil and religious liberty / Harry V. Jaffa; title: Democracy: the two majorities / Willmoore Kendall; title: Communism: the struggle for the world / James Burnham; title: Race: claims, rights, and prospects / Ernest van den Haag; title: Planned mediocrity in the public schools / Mortimer Smith; title: The city: some myths about diversity / Jane Jacobs; title: The problem of the new order / Russell Kirk; title: The new scholarship: the relevance of "The Reactionaries" / Hugh Kenner; title: Part Four. The relevance of social science. The new political science / Leo Strauss; title: Sociology and the theory of progress / Christopher Dawson; title: The nature of modernity / Eric Voegelin; title: Burke and radical freedom / Jeffrey Hart; title: Part Five. The spiritual crisis. The direct glance / Whittaker Chambers; title: Isaiah's Job / Albert Jay Nock; title: Christmas in Christendom / Frederick D. Wilhelmsen; title: Epilogue / Whittaker Chambers.