TY - BOOK AU - McManus,Matthew TI - The political right and equality: turning back the tide of egalitarian modernity SN - 9781003307952 AV - JA83 PY - 2023/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - Equality KW - Conservatism KW - History KW - Intellectuals KW - Political activity KW - Political science KW - Philosophy KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism KW - HISTORY / World N2 - "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"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003307952 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -