The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk write by Gerald J. Russello. This book was released on 2007. The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Russello examines Russell Kirk's development of the imagination as a tool of conservative discourse, offering an alternative genealogy for conservative thought that melds its antimodernism with postmodern themes"--Provided by publisher.
Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russell Kirk write by Bradley J. Birzer. This book was released on 2015-11-09. Russell Kirk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Emerging 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.
The Wizard of Mecosta: Russell Kirk, Gothic Fiction, and the Moral Imagination
The Wizard of Mecosta: Russell Kirk, Gothic Fiction, and the Moral Imagination - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Wizard of Mecosta: Russell Kirk, Gothic Fiction, and the Moral Imagination write by Camilo Peralta. This book was released on . The Wizard of Mecosta: Russell Kirk, Gothic Fiction, and the Moral Imagination available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Wizard of Mecosta" offers an extended analysis of the fiction of Russell Amos Kirk (1918-1994), a central figure in modern American conservatism who is often referred to as “the father” of the same. Born and raised in Michigan, Kirk was also a prolific writer of fiction, who published almost two dozen short stories and three novels over the course of his long career. At the heart of everything Kirk wrote was what he referred to as the “moral imagination,” a phrase he borrowed from Edmund Burke and often used to describe the instructive and enlightening purposes of great literature. Despite his prominent reputation as a public man of letters and the respect of fellow authors including Ray Bradbury and Stephen King, Kirk’s fiction was never very popular, and has fallen into almost complete obscurity in the present. "The Wizard of Mecosta" is the first full-length study ever published about Kirk’s fiction, and the only work of any length to consider the entirety of his output, including all of the stories and novels he wrote. By emphasizing how Kirk’s fiction illuminates certain aspects of his social and political theory, "The Wizard of Mecosta" distinguishes itself from the half-dozen or more studies of the author’s life and work that have been published since his death in 1994. It should appeal to anyone with an interest in American conservatism, as well as fans and scholars of the sort of Gothic horror in which Kirk, unexpectedly, excelled. Through his stories of avenging ghosts and timeless journeys through the afterlife, he reminds us of the existence of “permanent things,” the core values and beliefs of Western society, which he strove all his life to preserve. It is high time that his fiction found a more appreciative, and larger, audience.
Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russell Kirk write by John M. Pafford. This book was released on 2013-08-01. Russell Kirk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Volume 12 in the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers seriesfocuses on Russell Kirk's conservative philosophy.
The Dilemmas of American Conservatism
The Dilemmas of American Conservatism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dilemmas of American Conservatism write by Kenneth L. Deutsch. This book was released on 2010-09-24. The Dilemmas of American Conservatism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the second half of the twentieth century, American conservatism emerged from the shadow of New Deal liberalism and developed into a movement exerting considerable influence on the formulation and execution of public policy in the United States. During that period, the political philosophers who provided the intellectual foundations for the American conservative movement were John H. Hallowell, Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss, Richard Weaver, Russell Kirk, Robert Nisbet, John Courtney Murray, Friedrich Hayek, and Willmoore Kendall. By offering a comprehensive analysis of their thoughts and beliefs, The Dilemmas of American Conservatism both illuminates the American conservative imagination and reveals its most serious contradictions. The contributing authors question whether a core set of conservative principles can be determined based on the frequently diverging perspectives of these key philosophers.
