The Conservative Mind
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The Conservative Mind is a seminal 1953 book by Russell Kirk that traces the intellectual history and core principles of Anglo-American conservatism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Conservative Mind canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T211661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Conservative Mind Context triple: [Russell Kirk, notableWork, The Conservative Mind]
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A.
The Limits of Power
The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation is a landmark two-volume historical study by Peter Gay that analyzes the ideas, culture, and leading figures of the 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe.
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D.
Language, Truth and Logic
Language, Truth and Logic is A.J. Ayer’s influential 1936 philosophical work that popularized logical positivism in the English-speaking world by arguing that meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable or tautological.
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E.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America is a three-volume political treatise by John Adams that analyzes historical republics to justify and defend the proposed American system of separated powers and mixed government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Conservative Mind Target entity description: The Conservative Mind is a seminal 1953 book by Russell Kirk that traces the intellectual history and core principles of Anglo-American conservatism.
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A.
The Limits of Power
The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation is a landmark two-volume historical study by Peter Gay that analyzes the ideas, culture, and leading figures of the 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe.
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D.
Language, Truth and Logic
Language, Truth and Logic is A.J. Ayer’s influential 1936 philosophical work that popularized logical positivism in the English-speaking world by arguing that meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable or tautological.
-
E.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America is a three-volume political treatise by John Adams that analyzes historical republics to justify and defend the proposed American system of separated powers and mixed government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Russell Kirk ⓘ |
| coreTheme |
imperfectability of man
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importance of property ⓘ moral order ⓘ prescription and custom ⓘ prudence in politics ⓘ religious belief ⓘ tradition ⓘ variety and hierarchy in society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs |
foundational text of postwar conservatism
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seminal work of conservative thought ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Anglo-American intellectual tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual history
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapter on Alexis de Tocqueville
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chapter on Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ chapter on Edmund Burke ⓘ chapter on George Santayana ⓘ chapter on Irving Babbitt ⓘ chapter on John Adams ⓘ chapter on John C. Calhoun ⓘ chapter on Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ chapter on T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEditions | yes ⓘ |
| identifiesAsConservativeLineageFrom | Edmund Burke ⓘ |
| identifiesAsConservativeLineageTo | George Santayana ⓘ |
| influenced |
National Review circle
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linked to:
National Review
William F. Buckley Jr. ⓘ postwar American conservative movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ Edmund Burke ⓘ George Santayana ⓘ Irving Babbitt ⓘ John Adams ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Anglo-American conservatism
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conservatism ⓘ |
| movement | modern American conservatism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the term conservative in U.S. politics
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systematizing conservative principles ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| publisher | Regnery Publishing ⓘ |
| subtitle | From Burke to Santayana ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | late 18th century to early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Conservative Mind Description of subject: The Conservative Mind is a seminal 1953 book by Russell Kirk that traces the intellectual history and core principles of Anglo-American conservatism.
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