 | Charles F. Andrain - 1994 - 260 pages
...19 He defined conservatism as "the rational defense of being against mind, of order against chaos. When the foundations of society are threatened, the...institutions and the desirability of the existing ones." 20 To avert the political decay caused by uncontrolled social change, elites need to establish strong... | |
 | Charles F. Andrain - 1994 - 262 pages
...institutionalization.19 He defined conservatism as "the rational defense of being against mind, of order against chaos. When the foundations of society are threatened, the...institutions and the desirability of the existing ones."20 To avert the political decay caused by uncontrolled social change, elites need to establish... | |
 | Jerry Z. Muller - 1997 - 476 pages
...understood not as an inherent theory in defense of particular institutions, but as a positional ideology. "When the foundations of society are threatened, the...institutions and the desirability of the existing ones," Huntington suggested.1 Rather than representing the self-satisfied and complacent acceptance of the... | |
 | Gert Sørensen, Robert Mallett - 2002 - 202 pages
...of interpretation is best summed up in Samuel Huntington's words: 'Conservatism is the ideology that reminds men of the necessity of some institutions and the desirability of the existing ones'." When examining Danish conservatism in the inter-war period, three strands of 'Rightism' stand out,... | |
 | Gert Sørensen, Robert Mallett - 2002 - 210 pages
...of interpretation is best summed up in Samuel Huntington's wordsi 'Conservatism is the ideology that reminds men of the necessity of some institutions and the desirability of the existing ones'.22 When examining Danish conservatism in the inter-war period, three strands of 'Rightism' stand... | |
 | Nils Gilman - 2003 - 358 pages
...attempts to change the status quo. "When the foundations of society are threatened," Huntington explained, "the conservative ideology reminds men of the necessity...institutions and the desirability of the existing ones." Huntington made sure to point out that conservatism was a pragmatic ideology: in order to safeguard... | |
 | Brian R. Farmer - 2005 - 476 pages
...is best understood not as an inherent theory, but as a positional ideology. According to Huntington, "When the foundations of society are threatened, the...institutions and the desirability of the existing ones" (Huntington, 1957, 455). Huntington contends that ideological conservatism arises from an anxiety that... | |
 | Nils Gilman - 2003 - 358 pages
...attempts to change the status quo. "When the foundations of society are threatened," Huntington explained, "the conservative ideology reminds men of the necessity...institutions and the desirability of the existing ones." Huntington made sure to point out that conservatism was a pragmatic ideology: in order to safeguard... | |
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When the foundations of society are threatened, the conservative ideology reminds men of the necessity of some institutions and desirability of the existing ones', Huntington suggested. 