This volume allows readers to sample the witty and original conservative thought that enlivened the American intellectual landscape during the first half of the twentieth century, the period that laid the groundwork for many of the ideas central to debates in contemporary political and social theory: the necessity for limited government, the need for economic decentralization, and the value of America's tradition of federalism.
Language
English
Pages
453
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Release
November 01, 1999
ISBN
1882926307
ISBN 13
9781882926305
Superfluous Men: Conservative Critics of American Culture, 1900-1945
This volume allows readers to sample the witty and original conservative thought that enlivened the American intellectual landscape during the first half of the twentieth century, the period that laid the groundwork for many of the ideas central to debates in contemporary political and social theory: the necessity for limited government, the need for economic decentralization, and the value of America's tradition of federalism.