Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Economic Liberalism, Edmund Burke, One-Nation Conservatism
13 Nov 2015
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Catholic church dominant through parts of europe. Syllabus of errors published by pius the 9th. Political science 1020e lecture #18 -- conservatism 2. Pope pius ix (9 th ) reason (this is wrong in his view: this is significant because the church had real influence, it wasn"t just some guy complaining about it, but a pope. All people care about is getting and spending: coleridge criticized industry, against the development of cities, democracies, and even had a problem with clocks. 19th century conservatism in the united states: first strand: harmful effects of capitalism capitalism, second strand: cultural conservatives reject rationalist pursuit of perfection and economic conservatives defend liberal society and laissez-faire. Conservatism vs. mass society: conservative distrust of democracy because it leads to chaos and dictatorship, masses are ignorant and unrestrained, we should entrust government to an elite. Communism (from 1917: conservatives reject, project, perfectibility, planning.
