[lbo-talk] CUNY Grad Center: Corey Robin, Christopher Hayes

[Carrol Cox]

Conservatism within capitalism has always been an ersatz product, since 
one of capitalism's main feature is endless change, and the main premise 
of 'classical' conservatism (Bolingbroke through John Adams) was that 
change as such was an evil, only to be accepted when it was the lesser 
evil in a given context. When conservatism embraced capitalism, it 
became incoherent. That's one reason I have never joined in the respect 
some leftists seem to retain for Burke & the modern Burkeans. That 
Buckley was bright doesn't  make him any less of a farce.

Carrol

On 10/4/2011 5:42 PM, Charles Turner wrote:
> Probably not as great as Doug's interview ;-)
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> Thu Oct 6, 2011, 7:00pm | Martin E. Segal Theatre
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> What is Conservatism?
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> "What is conservatism, and why does it so often seem so un-conservative, so radical and nontraditional?  From the reaction against the French Revolution to the intransigence of today's Republican Party, what do conservatives thinkers have in common?  Join Christopher Hayes, Editor at Large of The Nation and Professor Corey Robin (Political Science, Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center) for a public conversation about the past, present, and future of the conservative movement, from Edmund Burke to the Tea Party."
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> <http://centerforthehumanities.org/events/what-conservatism>
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