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But perhaps Trilling should not be taken too literally. He can be interpreted as saying America in 1950 urgently needs a conservative counterbalance to the uncritical acceptance of liberal ideas. And by ideas he had reference only to literature--he did not read economics or historiography or political science.

But perhaps Trilling should not be taken too literally. He can be interpreted as saying America in 1950 urgently needs a conservative counterbalance to the uncritical acceptance of liberal ideas. And by ideas he had reference only to literature--he did not read economics or historiography or political science.

Truilling never followed up on his brief comment, even in the 1950s and 1960s when conservative writers became more prominent.  However, his quip has been often recycled by historians, including conservatives who use 1950 as ground zero to start their history of conservative ideas.<ref> George H. Nash, ''The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America''  (1976) pp 86-7, 202.</ref>

Trilling never followed up on his brief comment, even in the 1950s and 1960s when conservative writers became more prominent.  However, his quip has been often recycled by historians, including conservatives who use 1950 as ground zero to start their history of conservative ideas.<ref> George H. Nash, ''The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America''  (1976) pp 86-7, 202.</ref>

==Neoconservatism==

==Neoconservatism==