The reactionary mind
Subtitle: conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
By: Corey Robin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780199793747
Subjects: Conservatism; History
Description: In this book, political scientist Corey Robin makes a strikingly bold claim about the right's political and intellectual foundations. He contends that from the 18th century through today, the right has been united by a defense of inequality and privilege and by a deep hostility to all forms of progressive politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Profiles in reaction; title: Conservatism and counterrevolution; title: The first counterrevolutionary; title: Garbage and gravitas; title: Inside out; title: The ex-cons; title: Affirmative action baby; title: Virtues of violence; title: A color-coded genocide; title: Remembrance of empires past; title: Protocols of machismo; title: Potomac fever; title: Easy to be hard.