Conservatism 2
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- Created on: 01-06-17 12:52
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- 5 Factors of the Early Development of Conservatism
- Ideological developments
- Industrialisation and the enlightenment era brought with it ideologies of liberalism and socialism which advocated reform and even revolution, with conservatism emerging as a reaction to defend traditional social order
- Philosophical Rationalism
- The movement away from the church during the age of reason - a lot of early conservatism is based in religious thought rather than reason
- Religion
- The influence of religion is present in early conservative thought as the idea of Catholic original sin formed the pessimistic view of human nature upon which conservatism is founded
- Political Change
- Change in ideologies as new liberalist and socialist ideas came to fruition within society. Also see the abolition of the monarchy in the French Revolution
- Reaction to the Enlightenment
- This period was so radical and revolutionary that there was bound to be a reaction to the changes which took place
- Ideological developments
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