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Books with a major impact on my conservative political thought. - WordSea Booklist

The Death of the West

Plain Folk of the Old South

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Holy Bible - King James Version (KJV)

The Death of the West

Plain Folk of the Old South

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Holy Bible - King James Version (KJV)

Books with a major impact on my conservative political thought.

An aggregate of books that has had a major impact on peoples' conservative political thought - from the viral trend on X

By @aristotledisciple·32 books·

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The Death of the West

The Death of the West

Patrick J. Buchanan

Plain Folk of the Old South

Plain Folk of the Old South

Frank L. Owsley

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

Holy Bible - King James Version (KJV)

Holy Bible - King James Version (KJV)

Zeiset

Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

1913 In Search of the World Before the Great War

1913 In Search of the World Before the Great War

Charles Emmerson

The Aristocracy in England, 1660-1914

The Aristocracy in England, 1660-1914

J. V. Beckett

A Disease in the Public Mind A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War

A Disease in the Public Mind A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War

Thomas Fleming

Bitter Harvest: The Great Betrayal and the Dreadful Aftermath

Bitter Harvest: The Great Betrayal and the Dreadful Aftermath

Ian Smith

1913 The World Before the Great War

1913 The World Before the Great War

Charles Emmerson

The Weirdest People in the World How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

The Weirdest People in the World How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

Joseph Henrich

Rationalism in politics and other essays

Rationalism in politics and other essays

Michael Joseph Oakeshott

Law, Legislation, and Liberty, Volume 19

Law, Legislation, and Liberty, Volume 19

F. A. Hayek

Gentle Regrets Thoughts from a Life

Gentle Regrets Thoughts from a Life

Roger Scruton

Truth and Method

Truth and Method

Hans Georg Gadamer

The Nicomachean Ethics

The Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle

The Problem of Pain

The Problem of Pain

C. S. Lewis

Salisbury Victorian Titan

Salisbury Victorian Titan

Andrew Roberts

The Cameron Delusion

The Cameron Delusion

Peter Hitchens

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

John Wood

Empire How Britain Made the Modern World

Empire How Britain Made the Modern World

Niall Ferguson

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

The Glass Bees

The Glass Bees

Ernst Junger

The Triumph of the Therapeutic Uses of Faith After Freud

The Triumph of the Therapeutic Uses of Faith After Freud

Philip Rieff

The City and Man

The City and Man

Leo Strauss

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

The New Science of Politics

The New Science of Politics

Eric Voegelin

Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy

G. K. Chesterton

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Edmund Burke

The Meaning of Conservatism

The Meaning of Conservatism

Roger Scruton

The Conservative Mind From Burke to Eliot

The Conservative Mind From Burke to Eliot

Russell Kirk

Sybil

Sybil

Benjamin Disraeli

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