Conservative Thought in America After World War II

Description

This course examines the conservative intellectual tradition in America from 1945 to the present. It explores the American conservative renaissance and the foremost writers and thinkers who contributed to it. In 1945, no coordinated or self-consciously conservative intellectual force existed in the United States. During the postwar decades, however, various forces began to acquire an audience and develop into a movement.

Beginning with the end of the Second World War, this course examines figures such as F.A. Hayek, Wilhelm Ropke, Russell Kirk, Richard Weaver, Robert Nisbet, Whittaker Chambers, Eric Voegelin, William F. Buckley, and others. Special attention is given to The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 by historian George H. Nash, which serves as a guide and framework. 

This course is available to Certificate students only.