The Conscience of a Conservative

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The Conscience of a Conservative
OCLC
1002492

The Conscience of a Conservative is a 1960 book published under the name of

Reagan Revolution of the 1980s.[1]

The book was largely ghostwritten by L. Brent Bozell Jr., brother-in-law of William F. Buckley Jr.[1][2] Bozell and Buckley had been members of Yale's debate team. They had co-authored the controversial book, McCarthy and His Enemies, in 1955. Bozell had been Goldwater's speechwriter in the 1950s and was familiar with many of his ideals.

Content

The 123-page book covers such topics as education,

social welfare programs, and income taxation. The book is considered to be a significant statement of politically and economically American conservative ideas which were to gain influence during the following decades.[1]

In his book, Goldwater states explicitly that there are "laws of God" and "truths of God" which inform his concept of 'conservatism' and under which the US should operate.[3]

Later editions

A half-century edition, edited by

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, was published by the Princeton University Press
in 2007.

Namesake books

The book, and its title, continue to inspire contemporary political commentary.

  • Mayer Schiller (1978), The (Guilty) Conscience of a Conservative
  • In 2007, Paul Krugman entitled his own book The Conscience of a Liberal, saying in the introduction that he wanted his work to stand as a counterpoint to Goldwater's.[4]
  • Zell Miller (2003), A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat
  • Wayne Allyn Root (2009), The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts.
  • Gary Chartier (2011), The Conscience of an Anarchist: Why It's Time to Say Good-Bye to the State and Build a Free Society
  • Jeff Flake (2017), Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-932236-43-0
    .
  2. OCLC 945028632.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  3. ^ Goldwater, Barry (1960). The Conscience of a Conservative. Victor Publishing Co.
  4. ISBN 978-0-393-06069-0
    .

External links
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