Conservatism and the understandings of ideology

Abstract

The paper aims to outline the perspective of the most important conservative author of this century on the adequate understanding of ideology – ideology as abbreviation of a tradition – and his typical conservative arguments of defining the inadequate understanding of ideology – ideology as premeditation in advance of a manner of attending to the arrangements of a society.

Keywords

• ideological activity
• political ideology
• premeditated ideology
• ideological style of politics
• ideology as abbreviation of a tradition