• Pantagruel
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    Time to tap the great resource that is the Philosophy Forum. I read a lot of material from the 18th and 19th century. In so doing, it is apparent that the ideologies of the right and left wings are very fluid, in a way that I think reveals they are not motivated by any kind of overall intuitive ideal, but are in fact highly opportunistic.

    What I'm looking for is a book that critically analyses the history of the liberal versus the conservative, preferably beginning with the Whigs and Tories and continuing to present day.

    Recommendations?
  • Pantagruel
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    I'm starting with David Held's Models of Democracy, but I'm still hoping for something more specific....
  • Jamal
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    I moved this to where it might elicit more responses. Feel free to move it back to the Lounge if you prefer.
  • Tom Storm
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    Being conservative seems to be more of a disposition than a coherent set of beliefs. Neoliberal or 'right wing' (whatever that means today) may be somewhat different.

    Ian Dunt's How to Be a Liberal is a popular history of the development of Liberalism - came out last year. Andrew Kenny's Spectator (infamous) essay on The End of Left and Right is pretty fun.
  • javi2541997
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    Destra e sinistra (Right and Left) by Norberto Bobbio.
  • Pantagruel
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    Destra e sinistra (Right and Left) by Norberto Bobbio.javi2541997

    Thank you! This does appear to be relevant to my objectives..... :)
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