Letters to a Young Conservative

A leading voice in the rebirth of conservative politics in the 1980s addresses the next generation Dinesh D'Souza rose to prominence in the 1980s as one of the founders of the Dartmouth Review, a leading voice in the rebirth of conservative politics on US college campuses. Drawing on his own colourf [...]
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A leading voice in the rebirth of conservative politics in the 1980s addresses the next generation Dinesh D'Souza rose to prominence in the 1980s as one of the founders of the Dartmouth Review, a leading voice in the rebirth of conservative politics on US college campuses. Drawing on his own colourful experiences, both within the conservative world and while skirmishing with the left, D'Souza aims to enlighten and inspire young conservatives and give them weapons for the intellectual battles that they face in high school, college, and everyday life. Letters to a Young Conservative also illuminates the enduring themes that for D'Souza anchor the conservative position: not "family values" or patriotism, but a philosophy based on natural rights and a belief in universal moral truths. With a light touch, D'Souza shows that conservatism needn't be stodgy or defensive, even though it is based on preserving the status quo. To the contrary, when a conservative has to expose basic liberal assumptions to scrutiny, he or she must become a kind of imaginative, fun-loving, forward-looking guerrilla - philosophically conservative but temperamentally radical.Ranging broadly in subject matter, these brief, intellectual primers to life are a stimulating read for anyone who wants to experience the insights, wisdom and advice of today's leading minds. Now available for the first time in handsome and affordable new paperback editions.