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The British Philosopher, Edmund Burke refined the Conservatism as one of the major political ideologies. Jackson and Jackson (2003), political ideology is a belief that aims to remedy the troubles of society. By making use of relevant and practical examples, choose a country of your choice and discuss the features of Conservatism.

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Conservatism

First published Sat Aug 1, 2015; substantive revision Tue Oct 29, 2019

Conservatism and its modernising, anti-traditionalist rivals, liberalism and socialism, are the most influential political philosophies and ideologies of the post-Enlightenment era. Conservatives criticise their rivals for making a utopian exaggeration of the power of theoretical reason, and of human perfectibility. Conservative prescriptions are based on what they regard as experience rather than reason; for them, the ideal and the practical are inseparable. Most commentators regard conservatism as a modern political philosophy, even though it exhibits the standpoint of paternalism or authority, rather than freedom. As John Gray writes, while liberalism is the dominant political theory of the modern age, conservatism, despite appealing to tradition, is also a response to the challenges of modernity. The roots of all three standpoints “may be traced back to the crises of seventeenth-century England, but [they] crystallised into definite traditions of thought and practice only [after] the French Revolution” (Gray 1995: 78).

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