Single Idea 23132

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 3. Conservatism]

Full Idea

The idea that the appearance of submission and obedience and rank are essential to order is at the heart of the conservative ideal.

Gist of Idea

Conservatives believe obedience and rank are essential to social order

Source

Adam Gopnik (A Thousand Small Sanities [2019], 2)

Book Reference

Gopnik,Adam: 'A Thousand Small Sanities' [riverrun 2019], p.102


A Reaction

[He has just quoted Edmund Burke writing of Marie Antoinette] I once heard Richard Hare say that he thought social order would be best modelled on the army. A colleague once told me that obedience is a prime duty of a school teacher.