8 sentences with 'conservatism'
Example sentences and phrases with the word conservatism and other words derived from it.
• « Instead, the European elites of the time explained their own social role in terms of peace, tradition and stability. Their ideology was called conservatism: the idea that what had worked for centuries was inherently better at maintaining peace both within and between kingdoms than the forces unleashed by the French Revolution. »
• « The fundamental argument of conservatism was that the French Revolution and Napoleon had already shown that too many changes and innovations in politics were inherently destructive. »
• « Early nineteenth-century conservatism at its best was a consistent critique of the violence, war and instability that had accompanied the Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. »
• « After 1848, conservatism itself slowly adopted liberal and nationalist traits, culminating in the conservative-led national unifications in Italy and Germany. »
• « Although conservative regimes eventually retained power, the very definition of conservatism and the methods conservatives used were altered by the revolutions. »
• « Fascism was a modern conservatism, a conservatism that clung to its mania for order and hierarchy, but did not seek a return to the days of feudalism and monarchy. »
• « In turn, Christian Democracy was an amalgam of social conservatism with a now anachronistic willingness to provide welfare state provisions. »
• « While the far right has gained strength in many European countries over time, the greatest overall impact was the changing identity of centre-right conservatism. This form of conservatism is often called "neo-conservatism" to differentiate it from the earlier form of post-war centre-right politics. »