Conservatism is one of the three great classical political ideologies that have shaped western and global political structures since the French Revolution, along with liberalism and socialism.
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The conservative label has been claimed democratic constitutionalists just as strongly as by elitist autocrats. "Conservatism" is a label that might be applied to historical figures as diverse as Margaret Thatcher, Antonio Salazar, Shinzo Abe and Ali Khamenei. The question of what connects and what divides these various champions of conservatism and their associated schools of thought is a question that underlines all theoretical discussion of political ideology.
In this video, I will attempt to collect an analysis of the tenets of conservatism as well as a typology of the various schools of thought within a broader global conservative family. To do so, I have drawn upon various sources of academic literature that are cited onscreen.
00:00 Introduction
02:20 Core Themes of Conservatism
07:30 Types of Conservatism
15:18 The Crisis of Conservatism
17:28 Views on Conservatism
20:00 Conclusion