ЛИБЕРАЛИЗАМ И КОНЗЕРВАТИВИЗАМ: ДВЕ АЛТЕРНАТИВНЕ ПОЛИТИЧКЕ ТЕОРИЈЕ МОДЕРНОГ ДОБА
LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM: TWO ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL THEORIES OF THE MODERN EPOCH

Summary/Abstract: Liberalism and conservatism are one of the most important, influential and inspiring political theories of the modern epoch, in the post-traditional society of Europe. Both of them are specific and opposed ideological reactions to the crisis of socio-political order in England, followed by Glorious Revolution in 1688 and French Revolution in 1789. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to compare and analyze constitutive ideas of these two approaches, such as traditionalism, scepticism and organicism, which are the elements of conservatism, andliberal doctrine of universalism, rationalism in the sphere of politics, and specific understanding of human being and history. On the basis of the previous research, the author shows that some conservative ideas can help us to understand better specific weaknesses of liberal theory, referring to the idea of constant progress and melioristic philosophy of history, and the way they can be corrected.

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