Russell Kirk

American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918-1994) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 75

Russell Amos Kirk was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, lecturer, author, and novelist who influenced 20th century American conservatism.

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Kirk at his typewriter in the 1950s

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World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1977

Guggenheim Fellowship1954

Presidential Citizens Medal

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In 1953, he authored The Conservative Mind, which outlined and traced the development of socio-conservative thought in the works of Anglo-American tradition, such as those of Edmund Burke. The book helped establish the intellectual framework for a religious and humanistic understanding of conservatism in the postwar era. Kirk was the chief proponent of traditionalist conservatism.

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