Reviews for Scenarios in American Government

The average rating for Scenarios in American Government based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-20 00:00:00 Jason Norton This is a must-read for every serious thinker. The title is bad. Really bad. I hate the title! Conservatism is a misnomer in a lot of ways. Wiker's text and it's sister Ten Books That Screwed Up the World: And Five Others That Didn't Help are much like Chesterton's Heretics and Orthodoxy. This text is a cogent, reasonable journey through history and literature which guides you through the foundational philosophy of government, family, society, economics and imagination of what Wiker calls conservatism. In fact, Wiker is describing the simple Catholic understanding of human nature and society. The book is a master-stroke. I've read it now three times and can say that it will always have a special place on my bookshelf. Wiker's thought is clear without becoming stifling. His style is direct but respectful. He even does a good job of defining conservatism, liberalism, modernism, et al and keeping them clear throughout. I just wish he wouldn't have named the book in such an off-putting way. It's so much more than a defense of a political ideology.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-24 00:00:00 John Grace Written by a very bright Catholic academic so it is more about philosophic conservatism than about nuts and bolts political conservatism. The ten are: The Politics by Aristotle Orthodoxy by Chesterton The New Science of Politics by Voegelin The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis Reflections on the Revolution in France by Burke Democracy in America by de Toqueville The Federalist Papers The anti-federalists The Servile State by Bellock The Road to Serfdom by von Hayek Lord of the Rings is in the extra 4 Excellent book