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American CredoThe Place of Ideas in US Politics$
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American Credo: The Place of Ideas in US Politics

Michael Foley

Print publication date: 2007

Print ISBN-13: 9780199232673

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2008

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232673.001.0001

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Conservatism

Conservatism

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(p.297) 13 Conservatism
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American Credo
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Michael Foley (Contributor Webpage)

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232673.003.0014

This chapter examines conservatism in American society. It argues that conservatives have become the most conspicuous feature of American politics in terms of intellectual engagement and ideological conviction. In effect, they have set out to redefine the moral and historical basis of the liberal mainstream. Organic conservatism, individualist conservatism, the conservative matrix, the religious right, neoconservatism are discussed.

Keywords:   organic conservatism, individualistic conservatism, religious right, neoconservatism, conservatives, American society

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