2 Differing views and tensions within conservatism Flashcards
Knowledge and understanding of the differing views and tensions within conservatism
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2 Differing views and tensions within conservatism: Key terminology
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Noblesse oblige
Anti-permissiveness
Radical
Human imperfection
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2 Differing views and tensions within conservatism: Key content
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- Traditional conservative; commitment to hierarchical and
paternalistic values - One-nation conservative; updating of traditional
conservatism in response to the emergence of capitalism - New Right; The marriage of neoliberal and neoconservative ideas and include:
- Neo-liberal: principally concerned with free-market
economics and atomistic individualism - Neo-conservative: principally concerned with the fear of
social fragmentation, tough on law and order and public
morality.