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| − | [[Frank S. Meyer]] was a prominent writer, thinker and activist in the post-World War Two American conservative movement.<ref>Jonathan H. Adler, Frank Meyer: The Fusionist as Federalist, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 34:4, Fall 2004.</ref> | + | [[Frank S. Meyer]] was a prominent writer, thinker and activist in the post-World War Two American conservative movement.<ref>Jonathan H. Adler, Frank Meyer: The Fusionist as Federalist, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 34:4, Fall 2004, p.51.</ref> |
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| + | Meyer was among the initial contributors to [[William F. Buckley]]'s [[National Review]] at it's foundation in 1955, later becoming a senior editor.<ref>Jonathan H. Adler, Frank Meyer: The Fusionist as Federalist, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 34:4, Fall 2004, p.52.</ref> | ||
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| + | According to [[Joshua Muravchik]]: | ||
| + | ::Meyer's great contribution was the idea of "fusionism," an attempt to reconcile the two disparate philosophical sources of the American Right: a traditionalist strain tracing back to the thought of Edmund Burke and a libertarian strain tracing back to John Locke.<ref name=Muravchik>Joshua Muravchik, [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewpdf.cfm?article_id=9521 Renegades], ''Commentary'', October 2002, p.85.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:22, 15 September 2010
Frank S. Meyer was a prominent writer, thinker and activist in the post-World War Two American conservative movement.[1]
Meyer was among the initial contributors to William F. Buckley's National Review at it's foundation in 1955, later becoming a senior editor.[2]
According to Joshua Muravchik:
- Meyer's great contribution was the idea of "fusionism," an attempt to reconcile the two disparate philosophical sources of the American Right: a traditionalist strain tracing back to the thought of Edmund Burke and a libertarian strain tracing back to John Locke.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Jonathan H. Adler, Frank Meyer: The Fusionist as Federalist, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 34:4, Fall 2004, p.51.
- ↑ Jonathan H. Adler, Frank Meyer: The Fusionist as Federalist, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 34:4, Fall 2004, p.52.
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, Renegades, Commentary, October 2002, p.85.
