Conservatism

A Rediscovery

By: Yoram Hazony

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

The idea that American conservatism is identical to “classical” liberalism—widely held since the 1960s—is seriously mistaken.

The award-winning political theorist Yoram Hazony argues that the best hope for Western democracy is a return to the empiricist, religious, and nationalist traditions of America and Britain—the conservative traditions that brought greatness to the English-speaking nations and became the model for national freedom for the entire world.

Conservatism: A Rediscovery explains how Anglo-American conservatism became a distinctive alternative to divine-right monarchy, Puritan theocracy, and liberal revolution. After tracing the tradition from the Wars of the Roses to Burke and across the Atlantic to the American Federalists and Lincoln, Hazony describes the rise and fall of Enlightenment liberalism after World War II and the present-day debates between neoconservatives and national conservatives over how to respond to liberalism and the woke left.

Going where no political thinker has gone in decades, Hazony provides a fresh theoretical foundation for conservatism. Rejecting the liberalism of Hayek, Strauss, and the “fusionists” of the 1960s, and drawing on decades of personal experience in the conservative movement, he argues that a revival of authentic Anglo-American conservatism is possible in the twenty-first century.

©2022 Yoram Hazony (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Mind blowing

I would recommend this especially to anyone who has little to no prior experience with conservatism, as I did. His analysis of, and tour through, the history and fundamentals of conservatism and the competing ideologies was amazing and elucidated the path to our present state of affairs in the West. But he also sheds light on and gives direction for those who have been looking for the long obscured path back to a more complete version of society before it was steralized of its connections to its past and the pillars of its foundation.

A must read!!

A must read for anyone interested in political science and/or conservatism.
If you want to understand why classical liberalism is no obstacle to Marxism / Wokeism / Social Justice Fundamentalism, read this book.
Yoram Hazony is one of the great conservative thinkers of our time.

Live a conservative life

Excellent review of historical conservatism with application to the rise post war liberalism and effects on our nation. The author provides a framework based on his own life and these principles to live a conservstive life for the good of the nation, one’s family and one’s self and for posterity. This is contrasted to the modern rise of the self, casting off moral law and tradition in a never-ceasing cycle of self-serving rebellion that he sees as ultimately destructive. I dont agree with everything he posits but this was well-argued and is a worthy read.

Thought provoking

The author has done an incredible job in highlighting an alternative perspective, making for a very fun although somewhat humbling read. Some ideas I think will need some further, but that only underscores his point; that conservatives believe in incremental and empirical improvements to their ideas

A Must Read

Relevant, realistic, convicting. I am moved, changed, convicted, revitalized that I need to repent, renew, restore, and pass on to my adult children National Conservatism. Thank you for your talent, insight, gift of writing