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_bB577 2015
082 0 4 _a320.52092
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100 1 _aBirzer, Bradley J.,
_d1967-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRussell Kirk
_h[electronic resource] :
_bAmerican conservative /
_cBradley J. Birzer.
260 _aBaltimore, Maryland :
_bProject Muse,
_c2015
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
260 _aLexington, Kentucky :
_bUniversity Press of Kentucky,
_c[2015]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (1 PDF (574 pages) :)
_billustrations
336 _atext
_btxt
337 _acomputer
_bc
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
500 _aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 509-552) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 1. Desert humanist -- 2. Stoic prophet -- 3. Recovering the conservative mind -- 4. A Christian humanism -- 5. A republic of letters in the modern age -- 6. Sojourning the waste land : friendship, thought, and poetry in the age of Eliot -- 7. The politics of the impossible -- 8. Ghosts in the machine ... and the house -- 9. The center cannot hold -- 10. The married Bohemian -- Conclusion : poetry against boredom.
520 _amerging from two decades of the Great Depression and the New Deal and facing the rise of radical ideologies abroad, the American Right seemed beaten, broken, and adrift in the early 1950s. Although conservative luminaries such as T. S. Eliot, William F. Buckley Jr., Leo Strauss, and Eric Voegelin all published important works at this time, none of their writings would match the influence of Russell Kirk's 1953 masterpiece The Conservative Mind. This seminal book became the intellectual touchstone for a reinvigorated movement and began a sea change in Americans' attitudes toward traditionalism. In Russell Kirk, Bradley J. Birzer investigates the life and work of the man known as the founder of postwar conservatism in America. Drawing on papers and diaries that have only recently become available to the public, Birzer presents a thorough exploration of Kirk's intellectual roots and development. The first to examine the theorist's prolific writings on literature and culture, this magisterial study illuminates Kirk's lasting influence on figures such as T. S. Eliot, William F. Buckley Jr., and Senator Barry Goldwater--who persuaded a reluctant Kirk to participate in his campaign for the presidency in 1964. While several books examine the evolution of postwar conservatism and libertarianism, surprisingly few works explore Kirk's life and thought in detail. This engaging biography not only offers a fresh and thorough assessment of one of America's most influential thinkers but also reasserts his humane vision in an increasingly inhumane time.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aKirk, Russell.
650 0 _aConservatism
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse,
_edistributor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780813166186
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813166193/
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Political Science and Policy Studies
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
999 _c350
_d350