"It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant
conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor." -- WILLIAM F
BUCKLEY
"A profound critique of contemporary mass society, and a vivid and
poetic image - not a program, an image - of how that society might
better itself. [ The Conservative Mind ] is, in important respects,
the twentieth century's own version of the Reflections on the Revolution
in France... [Kirk] was an artist, a vsionary, almost a prophet." -
DAVID FRUM, author of Dead Right
"I have been one of your fans since the time many years ago when I
read The Conservative Mind." - RICHARD NIXON
"Dr. Russell Kirk's impact on conservative thought and policy in
America has been decisive. It was his writings, and in particular his
seminal work, The Conservative Mind, that laid the foundation for many
of the ideas that continue to shape public discourse and debate to this
day." - JOHN ENGLER, former Governer of Michigan
"Kirk is assured a place of prominence in the intellectual histories
for helping to define the ethical basis of conservatism. He has tried to
pull conservatism away from the utilitarian premises of libertarianism,
toward which conservatism often veers, toward a philosophy rooted in
ethics and culture." - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind is one of the greatest
contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. Brilliant in
every respect, from its conception to its choice of significant figures
representing the history of intellectual conservatism, The Conservative
Mind launched the modern American Conservative Movement when it was
first published in 1953 and has become an enduring classic of political
thought.
The seventh revised edition features the complete text and an
introduction by publisher Henry Regnery.
A must-read.
