{"product_id":"the-reactionary-mind-conservatism-from-edmund-burke-to-sarah-palin","title":"The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate in life  William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is \"boring \" said the founding father of the American right. \"Devoting your life to it \" as conservatives do  \"is horrifying if only because its so repetitious. Its like sex.\" With this unlikely conversation began Robins decade-long foray into the conservative mind. What is conservatism  and whats truly at stake for its proponents? If capitalism bores them  what excites them?  Tracing conservatism back to its roots in the reaction against the French Revolution  Robin argues that the right is fundamentally inspired by a hostility to emancipating the lower orders. Some conservatives endorse the free market  others oppose it. Some criticize the state  others celebrate it. Underlying these differences is the impulse to defend power and privilege against movements demanding freedom and equality.  Despite their opposition to these movements  conservatives favor a dynamic conception of politics and society--one that involves self-transformation  violence  and war. They are also highly adaptive to new challenges and circumstances. This partiality to violence and capacity for reinvention has been critical to their success.  Written by a keen  highly regarded observer of the contemporary political scene  The Reactionary Mind ranges widely  from Edmund Burke to Antonin Scalia  from John C. Calhoun to Ayn Rand. It advances the notion that all rightwing ideologies  from the eighteenth century through today  are historical improvisations on a theme: the felt experience of having power  seeing it threatened  and trying to win it back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966454853685,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199959110","price":46.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199959112.jpg?v=1770562720","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-reactionary-mind-conservatism-from-edmund-burke-to-sarah-palin","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}