Essays on Conservatism

Conservatism as it is defined as the promotion and conservation of social culture and practices. There is no specific date of origin of conservatism, but It gained a significant popularity after the French revolution. It doesn’t have any concrete definition because tradition and values of a certain place changes over time. It is also combined…

The paper critically analyzes the relevance of Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story, a literary work which envisions the fall of America following an economic apocalypse, to the situation of the present U.S. society. The author sets the background in a dystopian society. America becomes a country where material worth and youthfulness are what…

After the conclusion of World War II, the United States began aiding the devastated countries of Western Europe; jump-starting their economies and maintaining the security of their governments. However, back home, certain political groups began to consider the future of our own country. The Conservative Coalition was one of these groups. This movement was founded…

While it took me a while to figure out which ideological system I fell under, I came to the conclusion of conservatism. The way I was raised, where I grew up and the beliefs that I have been taught all have shaped me to be a conservative. Based on the values I carry and what…

A progressive approach in one word can be defined as to “reform”. A person who is progressive welcomes change, innovations and challenges the norms that exist in the society. A progressive person challenges the status quo and believes that in order to progress with the changing times, older beliefs that hold the society back from…

The post-Thatcherite New Right ideology evolved from a combination of elements of neo-Liberal and neo-Conservative ideologies, and although these are occasionally contradictory in nature, they set the New Right apart from traditional Conservatism. The neo-liberal principles prevalent in the ideology of the New Right includes a laissez-faire view of welfare, strong support for individualism and…

When one thinks of liberals and conservatives it tends to be a comparison of entirely different views concerning every issue. Conservative thinking is regularly associated with the Republican Party while liberal thinking is regularly associated with the Democratic Party. Two such figures that come to mind whose views tend to put them on opposite sides…

Today meaning of the conservatism has been totally changed and is only taken as resistance to change. The American and European ‘conservative’ values and experiences have been intrinsically different in every context. It is in this way dubious and perhaps difficult to fit into a common political framework various European traditionalists, who guarded aristocracy, social…

Conservatism Ideology             Many of the most well respected conservative thinkers in history have held the opinion that conservatism itself is not an ideology. Instead, these people feel that conservatism is a passion and further, a way of life. To people like Michael Oakeshott, government is not intended to push beyond its boundaries or to…

There are two inter-related spheres, which this paper will explore. The first one asks what the relative appeal of Neo-conservatism was in Britain and Germany. The second determines the extent to which Neo-conservative policies were successfully implemented in the two respective countries. The perspectives chosen here try to explain Neo-conservatism with theories of social and…