The Conservative Sensibility
Categories: Politics & Social Sciences
The Conservative Sensibility (2019) is a book by columnist George F. Will. Will sets out a conservatism rooted in the Founders' natural-rights philosophy, limited government and judicial restraint. He walks through American constitutional history, political economy and culture to contrast that Madisonian tradition with populism, nationalism and progressive expansions of federal power since the New Deal. The book is an argument for institutions over impulses in conservative politics.
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- Fareed Zakaria: “My book of the week is George Will's The Conservative Sensibility. Will is a former professor of political philosophy and he returns to that calling in the superb account of American conservatism. He makes his history, philosophy and anecdote to create something rare, an important, serious book that is also eminently readable.”