The Conservative Critique of Liberalism

Martin Beckstein, David McGrogan (Herausgeber)

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228 Seiten

2026
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
9781035309214 (ISBN)

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Liberalism, conceived as that set of political doctrines that proposes the liberty of the population as a justification for state authority, is currently undergoing a process of critique and problematisation. Indeed, we appear to be reaching a moment at which liberal hegemony could be thought to be, if not coming to an end, then at least weakening under sustained pressure.

Since much of this pressure currently comes from the political right, it is an apt moment to bring together and analyse the rich theoretical arguments that those on the philosophical and intellectual right have produced since the French Revolution, in order to make sense of the current political moment. This book provides this with a collection of essays from writers from across the globe, situated in a variety of disciplines, including history, law, political science and computing, whose contributions trace the roots of the conservative critique of liberalism and predict its trajectory.

A valuable toolkit for scholars and students interested in the relationship between conservatism and liberalism, this book is a vital one for those in the disciplines of political science, philosophy, history, law and sociology.

Edited by Martin Beckstein, Interim Professor of Comparative Politics and Political Economy, Institute of Political Science, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany and David McGrogan, Associate Professor of Law, Northumbria Law School, University of Northumbria, UK

Contents
Preface viii
Introduction to The Conservative Critique of Liberalism 1
David McGrogan and Martin Beckstein
1 ‘True striving for right and freedom’: Prussian old-
conservatism between reception and appropriation of liberal
political thought 15
Laura C. Achtelstetter and Alexander Kruska
2 A conservative (critical) theory for a postliberal era? The
German radical conservative Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner
(1939–2011) 35
Tobias Adler-Bartels
3 For a new consensus: heroes of a postliberal turning? 57
Claudia Franziska Brühwiler
4 Conservatism and authority in the postmodern age 69
Eno Trimçev
5 Privacy and digital modernity: liberal and conservative
approaches to technology, personalisation and the individual 88
Kieron O’Hara
6 Disregard of the empirical; optimism of the will: the
abandonment of good government in the COVID-19 crisis 124
David Campbell and Kevin Dowd
7 A quietly conservative liberal: Ronald Dworkin and the
American politico-legal tradition 157
Richard Mullender
8 Continuity and change in the common law tradition 184
James Campbell

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.1.2026
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Political Theory series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-13	9781035309214 / 9781035309214
Zustand	Neuware