Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: French Revolution, Benjamin Disraeli, Michael Freeden

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Bruce Morrison

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Michael oakshott (1901-1990: modern day burkean, protect and preserve social fabric idea that society is a group of self-interested people who want to promote own wealth is a mistake. Richard posner on conservatism: american judge, author ( failure of capitalism , economic conservatives, security conservatives military, national security, foreign policy, social (mainly religious) conservative, disagreements exist amongst conservatives. Economic conservative: ball, dagger, o"neill called them individualist conservatives". In favour of free markets, low taxes, small government, rugged individualism (helping yourself out instead of relying on state to bail out: freedom to compete without government interference. Security conservatives: foreign policy dominated by powerful military, homeland security; large example in usa, having military bases on every continent, external foreign policy, i. e. Usa having near 1000 military bases; on every continent: pre-emptive war and regime change, project that aims to ensure american domination worldwide, attack aggressors before attacked. Nine most frightening words in the english language are i"m from the government and.