Conservative in customs and liberal in economics: freedom, equality and democracy in Burke, Oakeshott and Hayek

Based on the analysis of the seminal texts Reflections on the Revolution in France, by Edmund Burke; On Being Conservative, by Michael Oakeshott; and Why I Am Not Conservative, by Friedrich A. Hayek, this essay presents the fundamental principles of modern conservatism originally articulated against...

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Main Author: Osmir Dombrowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2020-05-01
Series:Revista Katálysis
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/katalysis/article/view/67661
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Summary:Based on the analysis of the seminal texts Reflections on the Revolution in France, by Edmund Burke; On Being Conservative, by Michael Oakeshott; and Why I Am Not Conservative, by Friedrich A. Hayek, this essay presents the fundamental principles of modern conservatism originally articulated against liberalism, while exposing the theoretical elements that support the contradictory political alliance condensed into the phrase conservative in customs and liberal in economics.
ISSN:1414-4980
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