Books like Conservatism by Robert A. Nisbet

In The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama argues that liberal democracy will become the final form of human governance and examines the societal consequences of this inevitable transition.

Hannah Arendt’s seminal study charts the rise of totalitarianism from 19th‑century anti‑Semitism and European colonialism to the emergence of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, examining propaganda, terror, and mass mobilization.

Edmund Burke’s *Reflections on the Revolution in France*, first printed in 1789‑90, remains a foundational text of English conservatism, offering a critical view of the French Revolution and its impact on public opinion.

Overview: Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States. Illuminated is the potent combination of anti-elitist rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and ethnic scapegoating that has fueled many political movements from the colonial period to the present day. The book examines the Jacksonians, the Ku Klux Klan, and a host of Cold War nationalist cliques, and relates them to the evolution of contemporary electoral campaigns of Patrick Buchanan, the militancy of the Posse Comitatus and the Christian Identity movement, and an array of millennial sects. Combining vivid description and incisive analysis, Berlet and Lyons show how large numbers of disaffected Americans have embraced right-wing populism in a misguided attempt to challenge power relationships in U.S. society. Highlighted are the dangers these groups pose for the future of our political system and the hope of progressive social change.

„Lesenswert macht dieses Buch die Tatsache, daß Kropotkin darin *seinen* Anarchismus und mehr noch *seine* Interpretation der Anarchismus-Geschichte ausführlich darstellt. Abgesehen vom aktuellen Wert einer erneuten und Kritischen Anarchismus-Lektüre stellt *Moderne Wissenschaft und Anarchismus* in Kropotkins Œuvre eine Besonderheit dar: Meines Wissens beschrieb er nirgends ebenso ausfüthrlich und zusammenhängend wie hier die Geschichte des anarchistischen Denkens.“ – Heinz Hug Nach diversen unvollständigen Übersetzungen – beginnend mit einer Artikelserie im *Der arme Teufel* 1902/3 bis zu einem noch weiter gekürzten Reprint in der Schweiz 1978 – bedeutet die vorliegende Neuübersetzung die erste Fassung in deutscher Sprache, die Kropotkins letzter Überarbeitung entspricht.