Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A political philosophy developed in the 1970s and 1980s, advocating the active use of government power in pursuit of conservative domestic and foreign policies.
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- noun US A
right wing political movement that opposesliberalism in political,economic andsocial fields.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s)
Etymologies
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The term neoconservatism was created by the socialist writer Michael Harrington in the early 1970s.
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I mean, I was marinated in neoconservatism, and I thought ...
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In other words, neoconservatism is a Jewish movement and Jews are responsible for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and all the problems which they have caused for all countries involved.
Wonk Room » Project For The Rehabilitation Of Neoconservatism 2009
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# Obama means well, but is utterly unable to work against the residual neoconservatism from the stay-behinds in the Pentagon.
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Neocons praise Trotsky, therefore neoconservatism is a variant of Trotskyism.
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Neocons praise Trotsky, therefore neoconservatism is a variant of Trotskyism.
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Neocons praise Trotsky, therefore neoconservatism is a variant of Trotskyism.
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One glimmer of hope, though, emerges from the suggestion that the next step for neoconservatism is to consider “what lessons from the neoconservative critique of social engineering at home can be applied to the program for promoting liberty and democracy abroad?”
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Francis Fukayama's autopsy of neoconservatism is well worth reading, and makes many sensible points about the direction that American foreign policy should now take.
Balkinization 2006
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Bret Stephens of the WSJ says neoconservatism is making come back … even though he can’t say what neoconservatism is:
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