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  • noun Plural form of conservatism.

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  • As a consequence of the reductive parameters of these conservatisms, such as rigid canons, fixation on objects and absolute field demarcations, activist practices are not even included in the narratives and archives of political history and art theory, as long as they are not purged of their radical aspects, appropriated and coopted into the machines of the spectacle.

    Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

  • Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness – of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialism [s].

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010

  • As a consequence of the reductive parameters of these conservatisms, such as rigid canons, fixation on objects and absolute field demarcations, activist practices are not even included in the narratives and archives of political history and art theory, as long as they are not purged of their radical aspects, appropriated and coopted into the machines of the spectacle.

    Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

  • As a consequence of the reductive parameters of these conservatisms, such as rigid canons, fixation on objects and absolute field demarcations, activist practices are not even included in the narratives and archives of political history and art theory, as long as they are not purged of their radical aspects, appropriated and coopted into the machines of the spectacle.

    Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

  • Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness – of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialism [s].

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010

  • As a consequence of the reductive parameters of these conservatisms, such as rigid canons, fixation on objects and absolute field demarcations, activist practices are not even included in the narratives and archives of political history and art theory, as long as they are not purged of their radical aspects, appropriated and coopted into the machines of the spectacle.

    Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

  • A bunch of small, purist conservatisms, resembling contemporary purist libertarianism, might have developed and even flourished.

    Stromata Blog: 2008

  • Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness– of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialisms.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010

  • Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness– of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialisms.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010

  • A bunch of small, purist conservatisms, resembling contemporary purist libertarianism, might have developed and even flourished.

    A Man Who Made a Difference 2008

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