Overview

The term 'conservative' denoting groups as diverse and incompatible as the religious right, libertarian free-marketeers and free-spending neocons has been lost to politics. Yet the original conservative ideology, first developed in the eighteenth century by Edmund Burke, was concerned with managing change. Genuine conservatism has its own relevance in a complex and dynamic world where change is rapid, pervasive and dislocating. Conservatism transcends traditional politics, and has surprising applications not least as the most appropriate and practical response to climate change. Conservatism by Kieron O'Hara is a revision of the traditional conservative philosophy for the modern age. It shows what a properly conservative ideology looks like today, and demonstrates that self-styled 'conservatives' actually promote damaging change in their own and other societies.

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David Cameron praises Kieron O'Hara's previous book After Blair: 'The core of his message is that Conservatives need to rediscover the importance of scepticism in thought and pragmatism in action ... a compelling, and often persuasive, read ... O'Hara neatly knocks on the head any idea that Conservative philosophy lacks relevance in today's fast-changing world.' - The Guardian

Author Information

Kieron O’Hara is a Senior Research Fellow in Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, and a Research Fellow for the Centre for Policy Studies. He is the author of several books, including After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (2007), The Enlightenment: A Beginner’s Guide (2010) and, with Nigel Shadbolt, The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy As We Know It (2008).

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