Russell Amos Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994) was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, author, and novelist who influenced 20th century American conservatism. In 1953, he authored The Conservative Mind, which traced the development of conservative thought in the Anglo-American tradition and Edmund Burke. The book helped influence the post-World War II American conservative movement. (From Wikipedia) More about Russell Kirk:
| | Books by Russell Kirk: Kirk, Russell: The American Cause (Chicago: H. Regnery Co., 1957) (page images at HathiTrust) Kirk, Russell: The Conservative Mind, From Burke to Eliot (third revised edition; Chicago: H. Regnery Co., c1960) (page images at HathiTrust) Kirk, Russell: The Conservative Mind, From Burke to Santayana (second, revised edition; Chicago: H. Regnery Co., 1954) (page images at HathiTrust) Kirk, Russell: The Conservative Movement: Then and Now (Heritage Lectures #1; Washington: Heritage Foundation, c1980) (PDF at amazonaws.com) Kirk, Russell, contrib.: Objections to Conservatism (Heritage Lectures #3; Washington: Heritage Foundation, c1981), also contrib. by Lewis H. Lapham, Philip M. Crane, Carl Gershman, Ernest Van den Haag, Paul Weyrich, George F. Gilder, Ben J. Wattenberg, Paul Johnson, Shirley Robin Letwin, Lester H. Hunt, Tom G. Palmer, and Aram Bakshian (PDF at amazonaws.com) Kirk, Russell: Old House of Fear (New York: Fleet Pub. Corp. c1961) (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by Russell Kirk in the extended shelves: Kirk, Russell: Academic freedom : an essay in definition (Regnery, 1955) (page images at HathiTrust) Kirk, Russell: The conservative mind, from Burke to Santayana. (H. Regnery Co., 1953) (page images at HathiTrust) Kirk, Russell: The conservative mind, from Burke to Santayana (H. Regnery, 1954) (page images at HathiTrust) Kirk, Russell: The intelligent woman's guide to conservatism. (Devin-Adair Co., 1957) (page images at HathiTrust) Kirk, Russell: Randolph of Roanoke; a study in conservative thought. (University of Chicago Press, 1951) (page images at HathiTrust)
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