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9781596986046

10 Books Every Conservative Must Read

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    9781596986046

  • ISBN10:

    1596986042

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-06-15
  • Publisher: Regnery Pub

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Following up his 10 Books That Screwed Up the World, author Benjamin Wiker brings you 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read. Turning his discerning eye from the great texts that have done so much damage to Western Civilization to the great texts that could help rebuild it, Wiker features a range of books from classics such as Democracy in America and The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, to more unconventional books like Sense and Sensibility and The Tempest. From these ten books, Wiker reveals some of the most important lessons for our time as well as the true meaning of conservatism.

Author Biography

Benjamin Wiker received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and has taught at Marquette University, St. Mary's University, Thomas Aquinas College, and Franciscan University. He is a senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical theology and is also a senior fellow with Discovery Institute. He has written several other books, most recently Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God (co-authored with Scott Hahn) and 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others that Didn't Help. He lives in rural Ohio with his beloved wife, seven children.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why These Books and Notp. 1
Just What Exactly Is Conservatism?p. 7
The Politics: Aristotlep. 13
Orthodoxyp. 33
The New Science of Politicsp. 53
The Abolition of Manp. 67
Democracy and the Founding of the American Regimep. 89
Reflections on the Revolution in Francep. 91
Democracy in americap. 111
The Federalist Papersp. 127
The Anti-Federalistsp. 149
The Place of Economics for Conservativesp. 169
The Servile Statep. 171
The Road to Serfdomp. 191
The Conservative Story, and Conservative Storiesp. 207
The Tempestp. 209
Sense and Sensibilityp. 225
The Lord of the Ringsp. 245
The Jerusalem Biblep. 267
Atlas Shruggedp. 291
Conclusionp. 329
Notesp. 333
Indexp. 353
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List of Ten Books

Politicsby Aristotle

The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

The Anti-Federalist

Democracy in America by Alexis Tocqueville

Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke

The Science of Politics by Eric Voegelin

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton

The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

List of Four Not to Miss

The Bible

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

The Lord of the Rings by J.R. Tolkien

One Impostor

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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