{"product_id":"reactionary-mind-conservatism-from-edmund-burke-to-donald-trump-paperback","title":"Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCorey Robin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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 it's so repetitious. It's like sex.\" With this unlikely conversation began Robin's decade-long foray into the conservative mind. What is conservatism, and what's truly at stake for its proponents? If capitalism bores them, what excites them? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Reactionary Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Robin traces conservatism back to its roots in the reaction against the French Revolution. He argues that the right was inspired, and is still united, by its 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 -- while simultaneously making populist appeals to the masses. 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 have been critical to their success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by a highly-regarded, keen observer of the contemporary political scene, \u003cem\u003eThe Reactionary Mind\u003c\/em\u003e ranges widely, from Edmund Burke to Antonin Scalia and Donald Trump, and from John C. Calhoun to Ayn Rand. It advances the notion that all right-wing ideologies, from the eighteenth century through today, are improvisations on a theme: the felt experience of having power, seeing it threatened, and trying to win it back. When its first edition appeared in 2011, The Reactionary Mind set off a fierce debate. It has since been acclaimed as \"the book that predicted Trump\" (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e) and \"one of the more influential political works of the last decade\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e). Now updated to include Trump's election and his first one hundred days in office, \u003cem\u003eThe Reactionary Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is more relevant than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorey Robin \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches political science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. His writings have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.29 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710193299789,"sku":"9780190692001","price":42.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/VGt6WE1GR3IrTytxaUNJSzFlYTV3QT09.webp?v=1762348832","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/reactionary-mind-conservatism-from-edmund-burke-to-donald-trump-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}