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Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics
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Radical Conservatism and the Future of Politics



March 1999 | 176 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Over the last 30 years the post-war centre-ground which recognized the welfare state, the funding of education, protection of the environment and the management of capitalism as the proper business of the state, has fragmented. Emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the proper limitations of state power has changed the climate of everyday life.

This book locates the roots of radical conservatism in the writings of Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Heidegger, Junger and Schmitt. It documents the radical conservative worldview and points to limitations in its perspective. Dahl asserts that we should be wary of considering radical conservatism as a singular phenomenon and discusses global divergences in belief and policy.

 
Introduction
 
PART ONE: 'RADICAL CONSERVATISM'
 
Conservatism and Politics
 
Conservatism and Radical Conservatism
 
PART TWO: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO RADICAL CONSERVATISM
 
Reflexivity and Spontaneity
 
Politics and Theology
 
The Critique of 'One-World Civilization' and the Nation
 
Forms of Radical Conservatism - An Attempt at an International Perspective
 
New Political Constellations?
 
PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS
 
Radical Conservatism, the Sociology of Knowledge and the Future of Politics

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