Southern conservatism is a curious phenomenon. As a child of the South, whose family fought and some died during the war for Southern independence, that experience in many ways made it impossible for Southern conservatism to become a fully formed movement. If Kirk, Weaver, and the Agrarians are its conservative representation, then it hard to see how its Southern character could be a fully formed national culture. As a child who grew up in the segregated South, and studied at Chapel Hill, the literary record of the Southern experience from both a White and Black authors point to heavy influence of a conservatism that is not Southern in origin. And this remains true today.
I appreciate the thoughtful response and you're most definitely more knowledgeable on the subject than I. Any "Southern character" would most definitely be stripped before it reached maturity and I'm fine with it not spreading beyond certain borders. M.E. Bradford's story tells me what I need to know about the broader conservative movement.
I’m not certain I know more. I’m certain that it is difficult to describe conservatism without reference to global Marxism. For this reason, it is truly difficult to understand the social complexity of the South.
Southern conservatism is a curious phenomenon. As a child of the South, whose family fought and some died during the war for Southern independence, that experience in many ways made it impossible for Southern conservatism to become a fully formed movement. If Kirk, Weaver, and the Agrarians are its conservative representation, then it hard to see how its Southern character could be a fully formed national culture. As a child who grew up in the segregated South, and studied at Chapel Hill, the literary record of the Southern experience from both a White and Black authors point to heavy influence of a conservatism that is not Southern in origin. And this remains true today.
I appreciate the thoughtful response and you're most definitely more knowledgeable on the subject than I. Any "Southern character" would most definitely be stripped before it reached maturity and I'm fine with it not spreading beyond certain borders. M.E. Bradford's story tells me what I need to know about the broader conservative movement.
I’m not certain I know more. I’m certain that it is difficult to describe conservatism without reference to global Marxism. For this reason, it is truly difficult to understand the social complexity of the South.
This is great stuff!
Thanks for reading. Very much appreciated.