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Conservatism : An analysis
Conservatism is a school of thought or a political ideology that promotes and propagates
traditional value system in social structure, culture and tradition which includes the archaic
concept of unequal distribution of wealth, patriarchal power structure where the males are the
initiators and females are the receivers, racial prejudices and supremacy and anti-globalization as
a concept of Puritanism and homogeneity in the society (Heywood, 2017). Conservatives are the
group of people who are pro-establishment and who seek to be preserving a range of institutions,
such as religion, patriarchy, property rights, parliamentary government, which, according to
them, would be emphasizing social stability and continuity. They oppose “modernism” and
adhere to the policy of “the way things are” (Feldman & Johnston, 2014).
I find the most suitable variant of conservatism, which is neo-conservatism. Neo-
conservatism is a political ideology of conservatism which combines the characteristics of
traditional conservatism with political individualism with the blend of a qualified endorsement of
free market. Neo-conservatives are seen to be typically advocating for the concept of democracy,
traditionalism, authoritarianism, traditional gender roles, social order, traditional values, natural
hierarchy and anti-globalization (Anderson, 2017). The neo conservatives can be roughly termed
as the conservatives of the contemporary arena who adhere to the traditional role of social order
but endorse free market which has become an economic fashion in the modern contemporary
world. Neo conservatism was a political movement that happened in the United States during the
year 1960s among the group of people called liberal hawks who were dissatisfied with the
pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party of America (Viereck, 2017). Apart from that, the
new left counterculture that was arising within the American society after the Vietnam protests
also stimulated them for adhering to Neo-conservatism. Neo-conservatives, no matter what