1st Edition
Political Philosophy and Cultural Renewal Collected Essays of Francis Graham Wilson
Introduction
H. Lee Cheek, Jr., M. Susan Power and Kathy B. Cheek
Francis Graham Wilson: An Appreciation
M. Susan Power
Part 1: Towards a Theory of Political Life
1. Human Nature and Politics
2. A Revival of Organic Theory
3. The Structure of Modern Theology
Part 2: The Political Theory of Renewal and Conservatism
4. A Theory of Conservatism
5. The Political Philosophy of Conservatism
6. The Ethics of Political Conservatism
7. The Emergence of a Conservatism Religion
8. The Conservative in Crisis: Notes on De Officiis
Part 3: Sources of Renewal in the American Political Mind
9. A Jeffersonian Tradition
10. Democratic Theory: A Central Issue
11. Ethics in the Study of Democratic Politics
12. The Federalist on Public Opinion
13. Pessimism in American Politics
14. Notes from the Democratic Rhetoric
A Wilson Checklist
Biography
Francis Wilson
"Wilson measured up to his own exacting standards of what the conservative spirit should be. He shouldered a great responsibility with elan and moved beyond the defensive, reaching out boldly to blend the fading past and the emerging future into an imaginative present. With this rich sampling of Wilson's work, the editors have measured up to that standard as well."—Intercollegiate Review
"It has been argued, perhaps most notably by George Nash, that American conservatism as a intellectual movement became articulate only after World War II... It is noteworthy that Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind was not published until 1953. It would be mistaken, however, to deny the existence of important American conservative voices during the mid-nineteenth century. As proof of this, editors Lee Cheek Jr., M. Susan Power, and Kathy B. Cheek have done a great service in compiling representative essays from the American political scientist Francis Graham Wilson (1901-1976). In addition excellent introduction that guides the reader through Wilson's life and legacy. The essays span a wide range human nature, organic theory, conservatism, Cicero's de officiis and the American political mind."—Joseph R. Fornieri The University Bookman
