{"product_id":"raised-right-fatherhood-in-modern-american-conservatism-9781503601727","title":"Raised Right: Fatherhood in Modern American Conservatism","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow has the modern conservative movement thrived in spite of the lack of harmony among its constituent members? What, and who, holds together its large corporate interests, small-government libertarians, social and racial traditionalists, and evangelical Christians? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaised Right\u003c\/i\u003e pursues these questions through a cultural study of three iconic conservative figures: \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e editor William F. Buckley, Jr., President Ronald Reagan, and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Examining their papers, writings, and rhetoric, Jeffrey R. Dudas identifies what he terms a \"paternal rights discourse\"--the arguments about fatherhood and rights that permeate their personal lives and political visions. For each, paternal discipline was crucial to producing autonomous citizens worthy and capable of self-governance. This paternalist logic is the cohesive agent for an entire conservative movement, uniting its celebration of \"founding fathers,\" past and present, constitutional and biological. Yet this discourse produces a paradox: When do authoritative fathers transfer their rights to these well-raised citizens? This duality propels conservative politics forward with unruly results. The mythology of these American fathers gives conservatives something, and someone, to believe in--and therein lies its timeless appeal. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey R. Dudas\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliate Faculty of American Studies at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cultivation of Resentment: Treaty Rights and the New Right\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2008).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford Law Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339505078546,"sku":"9781503601727","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8287c21-e0b7-43ab-a859-3a27f8e220dd.jpg?v=1728006016","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/raised-right-fatherhood-in-modern-american-conservatism-9781503601727","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}