{"product_id":"the-guardians-of-concepts-martina-steber-9781800738263","title":"The Guardians of Concepts: Political Languages of Conservatism in Britain and West Germany, 1945-1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e Since 1945, what 'conservative' means has troubled intellectuals, politicians and parties in the United Kingdom and West Germany. In Britain conservatism was an accepted term of the political vocabulary, denoting a particular tradition of political thought and practice. In West Germany, by contrast, conservatism was a difficult concept for the young democracy to swallow. It carried a heavy antiliberal and antidemocratic burden and led people to question whether there was a place for conservatism within democratic culture after all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Guardians of Concepts\u003c\/em\u003e scrutinizes the debates about conservatism in the UK and the Federal Republic of Germany from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. Informed by historical semantics, it conceives of conservatism as a flexible linguistic structure, and shows the importance of language for the self-understanding of many conservatives, who not by chance, have regarded themselves as the guardians of concepts. The intense national and transnational debates about the meaning of conservatism had far-reaching consequences and continue to influence politics today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martina Steber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800738269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800738263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.40d","brand":"Martina Steber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074890428671,"sku":"9781800738263","price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2c8c190-6bd9-48fa-9d8f-0ddec6d7cff3.jpg?v=1685456370","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-guardians-of-concepts-martina-steber-9781800738263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}