Russell Kirk
Also known as Russell Amos Kirk
American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918–1994)
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- Born
- 19 October 1918
- Died
- April 1994
- Works
- 59
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- The American college
- Gateway to the Stoics
- The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Volume 2
- The Dark Descent
- Breve Manual de Conservadorismo
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935-08-07
- Active to
- 1977-12-05
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Russell Amos Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994) was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, lecturer, author, and novelist who influenced 20th century American conservatism. In 1953, he authored The Conservative Mind, which outlined and traced the development of socio-conservative thought in the works of Anglo-American tradition, such as those of Edmund Burke. The book helped establish the intellectual framework for a religious and humanistic understanding of conservatism in the postwar era. Kirk was the chief proponent of traditionalist conservatism.
Scholars have identified Kirk as an important twentieth-century proponent of Christian humanism, placing him in conversation with figures such as T. S. Eliot, Christopher Dawson, and Romano Guardini.
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