Peter Viereck, poet and historian, is one of the principle theoreticians of conservatism in modern American political thought. In this classic work, Viereck undertakes a penetrating and unorthodox analysis of that quintessential conservative, Prince Metternich, and offers evidence that cultural and political conservatism may perhaps be best adapted to sustain a free and reasonable society.
According to Viereck's definition, conservatism is not the enemy of economic reform or social progress, nor is it the oppressive instrument of the privileged few. Although conservatism has been...
Peter Viereck, poet and historian, is one of the principle theoreticians of conservatism in modern American political thought. In this classic work...
Across America today, conservatism is being hotly debated both across the political spectrum and within the conservative movement itself. Much of the public debate is without definition or historical context. This history of conservatism by renowned historian, social critic, and poet Peter Viereck aims to meet the need for a concise, balanced picture of conservative thought in all its different shadings and cultural contexts.
Across America today, conservatism is being hotly debated both across the political spectrum and within the conservative movement itself. Much of the ...
In this classic volume, written at the height of the Cold War, with a new preface of 2006, Peter Viereck, one of the foremost intellectual spokesmen of modern conservatism, examines the differing responses of American and European intellectuals to the twin threats of Nazism and Soviet communism. In so doing, he seeks to formulate a humanistic conservatism with which to counter the danger of totalitarian thought in the areas of politics, ethics, and art.
The glory of the intellectuals was the firm moral stance they took against Nazism at a time when appeasement was the preferred path...
In this classic volume, written at the height of the Cold War, with a new preface of 2006, Peter Viereck, one of the foremost intellectual spokesme...
On being told that -translation is an impossible thing, - Anatole France replied: -precisely, my friend; the recognition of that truth is a necessary preliminary to success in art.- The task of Transplantings is to add flesh and bones to that familiar quip. Indeed, Daniel Weissbort notes that Viereck's study represented a sixty-five year long project. Now, it is finally being brought to print in its full form, with the completion of the final manuscript shortly before Viereck's death.
If translation is a special genre in its own right, the translation of poetry, especially...
On being told that -translation is an impossible thing, - Anatole France replied: -precisely, my friend; the recognition of that truth is a necess...
