Recommended reading suggestions: Liberalism/Conservativism

Pantagruel July 14, 2022 at 10:56 2475 views 6 comments
Time to tap the great resource that is the Philosophy Forum. I read a lot of material from the 18th and 19th century. In so doing, it is apparent that the ideologies of the right and left wings are very fluid, in a way that I think reveals they are not motivated by any kind of overall intuitive ideal, but are in fact highly opportunistic.

What I'm looking for is a book that critically analyses the history of the liberal versus the conservative, preferably beginning with the Whigs and Tories and continuing to present day.

Recommendations?

Comments (6)

Pantagruel July 17, 2022 at 18:36 #720032
I'm starting with David Held's Models of Democracy, but I'm still hoping for something more specific....
Jamal July 18, 2022 at 01:44 #720153
Reply to Pantagruel

I moved this to where it might elicit more responses. Feel free to move it back to the Lounge if you prefer.
Tom Storm July 18, 2022 at 02:29 #720161
Reply to Pantagruel Being conservative seems to be more of a disposition than a coherent set of beliefs. Neoliberal or 'right wing' (whatever that means today) may be somewhat different.

Ian Dunt's How to Be a Liberal is a popular history of the development of Liberalism - came out last year. Andrew Kenny's Spectator (infamous) essay on The End of Left and Right is pretty fun.

javi2541997 July 18, 2022 at 04:22 #720189
Reply to Pantagruel
Destra e sinistra (Right and Left) by Norberto Bobbio.
Pantagruel July 18, 2022 at 09:34 #720269
Reply to Jamal Gracias!
Pantagruel July 18, 2022 at 09:35 #720272
Quoting javi2541997
Destra e sinistra (Right and Left) by Norberto Bobbio.


Thank you! This does appear to be relevant to my objectives..... :)