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| Title | Dissident philosophers: voices against the political current of the academy |
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| Other creators | Hillman T. Allan, ; Borland Tully |
| Collection | Электронные книги зарубежных издательств ; Общая коллекция |
| Subjects | Political science — Philosophy. ; Conservatism. ; EBSCO eBooks |
| Document type | Other |
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| Language | English |
| Rights | Доступ по паролю из сети Интернет (чтение, печать, копирование) |
| Record key | on1275432278 |
| Record create date | 10/8/2021 |
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"This collection gives voice to philosophers who are at odds with the predominant leftist political trends of academic philosophy. Chapters detail personal experiences and reflections on the intellectual viability of a non-left-leaning political philosophy, arguing that conservative thought has an important place in contemporary academia"--.
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- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Thoughtcrime Revealed
- 2. Up from Political Liberalism (but Not Entirely)
- 3. Don’t Throw Out the Tinfoil Hats Just Yet: A Libertarian Defense of “Unwarranted” Conspiracy Theories
- 4. Under the Copybook Headings: Rudyard Kipling’s Ethics of Civilization
- 5. Academia: Hooligans at Play
- 6. The Importance of Cultural Preservation
- 7. Learning All the Wrong Lessons
- 8. The Metaphysical Foundations of Conservatism
- 9. Reflections of an Apostate
- 10. Individualism and Rights: Libertarianism in Academia
- 11. Correcting the Strawmen: Why Most Evangelical Christians Are Political Conservatives
- 12. Left and Right: A Pox on Both Their Houses
- 13. Away from Omelas
- 14. The Curious Case of the Double Dissident
- 15. The Humbling of an Impatient Cosmopolitan
- 16. From Democrat to Dissident
- 17. Better Somewhere Than Anywhere
- Index
- About the Contributors
