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Entry: The Pragmatism of Russell Kirk Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_pragmatism_of_russell_kirk#3583 Post contents: I take it that Sid has already read my book, which seems to be selling well. In his comment, he has summed up my second chapter, about the artificiality of the American conservative tradition, particularly in its post-World War Two phase. I thought I was revisiting my own prose when I began to look at his response. Because of his feudal, manorial context, Calhoun was the true conservative. Although Kirk was a magnificent stylist who articulated Burkean insights, he was an anachronism, who attached himself to the anti-Communist journalists grouped around WFB. By the way, T.S. Eliot warned against this unhappy association--and he was correct to do so. Sent at: 2008 09 07