Peter Viereck
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LOCATION: South Hadley, MA, United States
Emeritus Professor of History, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. Author of Conservatism Revisited and others.
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Conservatism, political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices. Conservatism is a preference for the historically inherited rather than the abstract and ideal. This preference has traditionally rested on an organic conception of society—that is, on the belief…
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