Overview
- Provides a timely analysis of the rise of identity-oriented alt-right movements
- Develops a genealogy of conservative thought to contextualize its post-modern mutation
- Provide a unique theoretical framework to analyze post-modern conservatism
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism (PASTCL)
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This book is designed as a timely analysis of the rise of post-modern conservatism in many Western countries across the globe. It provides a theoretical overview of post-modernism, why post-modern conservatism emerged, what distinguishes it from other variants of conservatism and differing political doctrines, and how post-modern conservatism governs in practice. First developing a unique genealogy of conservative thought, arguing that the historicist and irrationalist strains of conservatism were ripe for mutation into post-modern form under the right social and cultural conditions, then providing a new unique theoretical framework to describe the conditions for the emergence of post-modern conservatism, The Rise of Post-modern Conservatism applies its theoretical framework to a concrete analysis of the politics of the day. Ultimately, it aims to help us understand the emergence and rise of identity oriented alt right movements and their “populist”spokesmen particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, and now Italy.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Post-Modern Culture and Neoliberal Society
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Post-Modern Conservatism in Theory and in Practice
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Conclusion
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Matthew Allan McManus received his PhD from the Socio-Legal Studies program at York University, Canada in 2017, after acquiring an LL.M in International Human Rights Law from the National University of Ireland. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of TEC de Monterrey, Mexico.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism
Book Subtitle: Neoliberalism, Post-Modern Culture, and Reactionary Politics
Authors: Matthew McManus
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24682-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24681-5Published: 20 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24684-6Published: 20 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24682-2Published: 29 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-6470
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6489
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 255
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: US Politics, European Politics, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Comparative Politics