| − | '''Paleoconservative''' is a term that describes conservatives who opine strong restrictions on immigration, a rollback of multicultural programmes, the decentralization of the federal polity, the restoration of controls upon free trade, a greater emphasis upon economic nationalism and [[isolationism]] in the conduct of [[American foreign policy]], and a generally ''revanchist'' outlook upon a social order in need of recovering old lines of distinction and in particular the assignment of roles in accordance with traditional categories of gender, ethnicity, and race.<ref name="Paleoconservative2">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=hqbHa_AJrtMC&pg=PA318&dq=paleoconservative+immigration&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kDQXT5PzLMbg0QGfuo3tAg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=paleoconservative%20immigration&f=false|title =American credo: the place of ideas in US politics|author=Michael Foley|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|date=25 October 2007|quote=Against accusations of being pre-modern or even anti-modern in outlook, paleoconservatives press for restrictions on immigration, a rollback of multicultural programmes, the decentralization of the federal polity, the restoration of controls upon free trade, a greater emphasis upon economic nationalism and isolationism in the conduct of American foreign policy, and a generally ''revanchist'' outlook upon a social order in need of recovering old lines of distinction and in particular the assignment of roles in accordance with traditional categories of gender, ethnicity, and race.|accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref> As such, paleoconservatives differ from mainstream [[conservative]]s.<ref name="Paleoconservative">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LfWdaR9wHEEC&pg=PA10&dq=paleoconservative++mainstream+conservatives&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pyYXT-_MIMfz0gHrm7nyAg&ved=0CF4Q6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=paleoconservative%20%20mainstream%20conservatives&f=false|title =Neo-confederacy: a critical introduction|author=Euan Hague, Edward H. Sebesta, Heidi Beirich|publisher=University of Texas Press|date=1 December 2008|quote=The major ideologues of the recent revial of neo-Confederacy are, as we outline in Chapter I, almost all activists who identified themsevles as paleoconservatives, decided to split from mainstream U.S. conservatism, and solidified their views around a vision of the South as "a priceless and irreplaceable treasure that must be conserved." Hostile towards organiztions such as the Legaue of the South and Council of Conservative Citizens, neo-Confederacy can also be said to inform more mainstream organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy and, arguably, prominent politicians such as Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond.|accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref> | + | '''Paleoconservative''' is a term that describes conservatives who support strong restrictions on immigration, a rollback of multicultural programmes, the decentralization of the federal polity, the restoration of controls upon free trade, a greater emphasis upon economic nationalism and [[isolationism]] in the conduct of [[American foreign policy]], and a generally ''revanchist'' outlook upon a social order in need of recovering old lines of distinction and in particular the assignment of roles in accordance with traditional categories of gender, ethnicity, and race.<ref name="Paleoconservative2">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=hqbHa_AJrtMC&pg=PA318&dq=paleoconservative+immigration&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kDQXT5PzLMbg0QGfuo3tAg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=paleoconservative%20immigration&f=false|title =American credo: the place of ideas in US politics|author=Michael Foley|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|date=25 October 2007|quote=Against accusations of being pre-modern or even anti-modern in outlook, paleoconservatives press for restrictions on immigration, a rollback of multicultural programmes, the decentralization of the federal polity, the restoration of controls upon free trade, a greater emphasis upon economic nationalism and isolationism in the conduct of American foreign policy, and a generally ''revanchist'' outlook upon a social order in need of recovering old lines of distinction and in particular the assignment of roles in accordance with traditional categories of gender, ethnicity, and race.|accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref> As such, paleoconservatives differ from mainstream [[conservative]]s.<ref name="Paleoconservative">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LfWdaR9wHEEC&pg=PA10&dq=paleoconservative++mainstream+conservatives&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pyYXT-_MIMfz0gHrm7nyAg&ved=0CF4Q6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=paleoconservative%20%20mainstream%20conservatives&f=false|title =Neo-confederacy: a critical introduction|author=Euan Hague, Edward H. Sebesta, Heidi Beirich|publisher=University of Texas Press|date=1 December 2008|quote=The major ideologues of the recent revial of neo-Confederacy are, as we outline in Chapter I, almost all activists who identified themsevles as paleoconservatives, decided to split from mainstream U.S. conservatism, and solidified their views around a vision of the South as "a priceless and irreplaceable treasure that must be conserved." Hostile towards organiztions such as the Legaue of the South and Council of Conservative Citizens, neo-Confederacy can also be said to inform more mainstream organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy and, arguably, prominent politicians such as Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond.|accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref> |
| − | The term paleoconservative was first used by paleoconservative historians [[Thomas Fleming]] and [[Paul Gottfried]], with the "paleo" prefix meaning "old" in opposition to the "neo", or "new", conservatives. The term is now routinely used by both its proponents and its detractors.<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "What the Heck is a Paleoconservative and Why You Should Care" (2006) [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/12/08/what-the-heck-is-a-paleoconservative-and-why-you-should-care/ Intellectual Conservative]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref> | + | The term paleoconservative was first used by paleoconservative historians Thomas Fleming and Paul Gottfried, with the "paleo" prefix meaning "old" in opposition to the "neo", or "new", conservatives. The term is now routinely used by both its proponents and its detractors.<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "What the Heck is a Paleoconservative and Why You Should Care" (2006) [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/12/08/what-the-heck-is-a-paleoconservative-and-why-you-should-care/ Intellectual Conservative]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref> |
| | Gottfried wrote in his entry to ''American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia'': "Paleoconservative" becomes a conceptual and political counterpoint to "neoconservative" in "The Conservative Movement" by Thomas Fleming and Paul Gottfried (1988). Here the term no longer refers merely to conservative traditionalists of the 1950s and 1960s, e.g., Southern Agrarians, Catholic [[anticommunist]]s associated with "National Review", and Taft Republicans who rallied to the Cold War. Instead, the term is now applied to embattled conservatives who opposed the growing influence of anticommunist New Deal Democrats on the Reagan presidency and on the conservative movement on the 1980s." | | Gottfried wrote in his entry to ''American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia'': "Paleoconservative" becomes a conceptual and political counterpoint to "neoconservative" in "The Conservative Movement" by Thomas Fleming and Paul Gottfried (1988). Here the term no longer refers merely to conservative traditionalists of the 1950s and 1960s, e.g., Southern Agrarians, Catholic [[anticommunist]]s associated with "National Review", and Taft Republicans who rallied to the Cold War. Instead, the term is now applied to embattled conservatives who opposed the growing influence of anticommunist New Deal Democrats on the Reagan presidency and on the conservative movement on the 1980s." |