1st Edition

Intellectual Conservatism From Burke to Scruton

Edited By Ferenc Hörcher, Daniel Pitt Copyright 2026
246 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the history of intellectual conservatism from its late 18th century "founding father", Edmund Burke, to its last great representative, the late Sir Roger Scruton. Focusing on British intellectual conservatism and investigating this under-researched area of political thought through multiple contributions and disciplines, the editors' aim is to provide an account of the... Read more

PART 1          Conservative Views, Conservative Thinkers

 

1 A Substantive Framework for Conservative Constitutional Goods Daniel Pitt

2 Oakeshott, Cowling, Scruton: Three Workshops of British Intellectual Conservatism Before and Under the Thatcher Regime Ferenc Hörcher

3 The Conservative Sensibility of Evelyn Waugh P. Bracy Bersnak

4 Michael Oakeshott: Civil Association and Conservatism Christopher Fear

 

PART 2          Conservative Ideas and the Conservative Party

 

5 Conservatism and Conservative Success Philip Norton

6 The 'New Conservatism' of the 1920s: The State, Capitalism, Democracy and the Challenge of Socialism Stuart Ball

7 Noel Skelton, Constructive Conservatism, and the Intellectual Origins of the Property Owning Democracy James Vitali

8 The LSE Right, Thatcherism and the Future of the Conservative Party Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos

 

PART 3          Conservatism and Free Speech

 

9 Thought, Speech, and Action: Marxism and the Culture War Matt Beech

10 A British Indian Understanding of Free Speech and Intellectual Conservatism Zeena Mistry

 

PART 4          Conservatism, Religion and Monarchy

 

11 Does Conservatism Require Grace? Attempting to Answer the Question that Haunts Conservatism Sebastian Morello

12 The Transcendent Source of Practical Wisdom in the Conservative Instinct Imogen Sinclair

13 What Should Govern Us Phillip Blond

Conclusion or is Intellectual Conservatism a Worthwhile Pursuit? Daniel Pitt

Biography

Ferenc Hörcher is a historian of political thought, research professor and head of the Research Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Public Service and a senior fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of HUN-REN. He recently published a monograph on Roger Scruton.

Dr Daniel Pitt is a Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham and a Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at Ludovika University. He recently co-edited The Post Liberal Turn and the Future of Conservatism with Phillip Blond.