Special Lecture: Dan McCarthy on the History of Conservatism and the Conservative Movement in America

In this episode: Dan McCarthy gives a lecture on the various elements of the conservative movement to ISI’s staff at our campus in Wilmington, DEa historical account of the American revolution and its implications for American conservatismwhy conservatives need to see through “both eyes” of history and ideasTexts Mentioned:Second Treatise of Government by John LockeNatural Right and History by Leo StraussThe Conservative Mind by Russell KirkThe Quest for Community by Robert NisbetCrisis of the House Divided by Harry V. Jaffa“Is Liberalism Worth Saving?” symposium in Harper’s MagazineRoots of American Order by Russell KirkDemocracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Superfluous Men by Robert CrundenThe Education of Henry Adams by Henry AdamsThe Waste Land by T.S. EliotMemoirs of A Superfluous Man by Alfred Jay NockThe Revolt of the Masses by Jose Ortega y GassetThe Liberal Tradition in America by Louis HartzThe Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 by George NashThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich HayekThe Constitution of Liberty by Friedrich HayekWitness by Whittaker ChambersContainment or Liberation?  by James BurnhamThe Emerging Republican Majority by Kevin PhillipsThe Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony