The turning back the tide of egalitarian modernity McManus, Matthew creator author. text bibliography enk 2023 monographic eng 1 online resource "McManus presents an intellectual history of the conservative and reactionary tradition, stretching from Aristotle and Confucius to Ayn Rand and Patrick Deneen. Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of the intellectual political right, McManus traces its core to a nostalgia for the hierarchical cosmos of antiquarian and scholastic thinking. The yearning for a shared vision of the universe where each part of reality has its place maps onto the conservative admiration for orderly political and social stratification. It stamps even the more moderate forms of liberal conservatism which emerged in the aftermath of the revolutionary 18th century, as the political right struggled to accept and later master first the politics of liberal capitalism and later universal suffrage. In its most radical forms this nostalgia for an orderly and hierarchical existence can harden into a resentment at the perceived shallowness of liberal modernity. McManus argues for those who support the project of modernity to commit themselves to better understanding the depth of the political right's critiques, many of which expose uncomfortable but solvable problems with the quest for equality and freedom. A critical guide to the history of conservative and reactionary thought for students and scholars of political science and political history"-- Matthew McManus. Right and left (Political science) Equality Conservatism History Intellectuals Political activity Political science Philosophy POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism HISTORY / World JA83 9781003307952 1003307957 9781000917765 1000917762 9781000917772 1000917770 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003307952 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003307952 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 230419 20251030122235.0 9781003307952 eng