What is Conservatism? Conservatism seeks to conserve society as it is and is suspicious of change. Conservatism values pragmatism over ideological thinking, seeking to adapt its values over time, according to changes in society. However, new right thinking within conservatism in the 1970s and 1980s challenged much of what conservatism had traditionally stood for. There are three content areas: 1. Conservatism: core ideas and principles 2. Differing views and tensions within conservatism 3. Conservative thinkers and their ideas.
What is Conservatism? Conservatism seeks to conserve society as it is and is suspicious of change. Conservatism values pragmatism over ideological thinking, seeking to adapt its values over time, according to changes in society. However, new right thinking within conservatism in the 1970s and 1980s challenged much of what conservatism had traditionally stood for.
There are three content areas: 1. Conservatism: core ideas and principles 2. Differing views and tensions within conservatism 3. Conservative thinkers and their ideas.
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