POLSCI 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Animal Farm, French Revolution, Utopia
23 Nov 2017
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Quote about conservatism, to be conservative is to prefer the traditional for the unknown, the convenient to the perfect, present laughed to utopian bliss, to keep, etc. What is conservatism, value of though and value in keeping, conserving things at it is\ Conservatives prefers traditional things, traditional things change though depending on the time period. John mill has speci c plan, karl marx has speci c plan of what he wants to make society, conservatism does not have a speci c plan. Even in conservatism party of canada different people want to conserve different things. What goes into conservatism differs between time and place, but one common idea is that tradition matters. Edmund burke, one of the most in uential conservatism theorists, lived-in time of revolution eras 1770-1780s. He says revolution will end in despotism and will lead to violence and turmoil.
