Book Review: American neoconservatism: the politics and culture of a reactionary idealism

Sage, Daniel (2012) Book Review: American neoconservatism: the politics and culture of a reactionary idealism. LSE Review of Books (12 Oct 2012). Website.

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In this book, Jean-Francois Drolet contributes to a critical engagement with neoconservatism at the level of its intellectual foundations. Situated at the interface of the disciplines of IR, political theory and the history of ideas, the book moves beyond recent debates over the intricacies of the Bush administration’s foreign policy to offer a deeper look at the philosophical premises of this ‘new’ conservatism in light of the historical events and changing social compacts that have created a demand for it over the past decades. This is a rich piece of work in which Drolet demonstrates an encyclopaedic knowledge of neoconservatism, finds Daniel Sage.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2012 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2013 13:17
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 18:18
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50751

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