Conservative Encyclopedia
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Civil War
The conflict remains divisive among conservatives today.
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Community
It’s a middle way between collectivism and radical individualism.
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Gnosticism
The ancient belief system may be the key to understanding modernity.
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Jacob Burckhardt
For the great historian of the Renaissance, democracy, centralization, and materialism were culture’s enemies.
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Due Process
The cherished principle is often misapplied.
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Socialism
It’s an “unworkable ethic that destroys the common good.”
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Modern Age
A guide to the right’s greatest debates since its founding in 1957.
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Mayflower Compact
America’s first founding document forms a people, not a government.
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Natural Law
Conservatives lean toward positive law in politics and nature in discussing its roots.
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Free Trade
From 2006: the exchange of goods shapes not just people’s pocketbooks but their way of life.
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Founded in 1957 by Russell Kirk and Henry Regnery, Modern Age is a journal of conservative thought and a magazine devoted to culture, history, philosophy, and the ideas behind the great currents of modern life. Follow us on X @ModAgeJournal
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