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Introduction: Views and Evaluations of Neoconservatism
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MODERN THOUGHT
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9 / 1986 |
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In this issue there begins a series of essays that will run for several months on the theme of neoconservatism. The contributions represent a wide range of political and philosophic perspectives. Most of the essays submitted for this issue came from self-described old conservatives, but their interpretations of the movement being examined show sharp difference in both methodology and outlook. Other issues will feature leftist critics of neoconservatism, but only a few neoconservatives defending their own cause.
Despite the strenuous efforts made to invite neoconservatives to discuss themselves, hardly any of those approached accepted our warm and lucrative invitation. Their underrepresentation in the series was certainly not intended, and our editorial board is still willing to allow the neoconservatives whom we contacted to present their side of the story. Though our series was not set up as a vehicle for "selling" neoconservative policies and principles, it was originally conceived as an opportunity for discussing a powerful contemporary movement. It would therefore be a shame if neoconservatives continue to be underrepresented (by choice, it must be assumed) in our discussion of their ideas. (The opinions I have stated in one of the essays in the series are, it should be stressed, entirely my own and do not represent the views of the whole editorial board.)
The other essays in Currents in Modern Though deal with miscellaneous topics - misinterpretations of Soviet history and Soviet-American relations, the worldview of Milan Kundera and other Czech dissidents, pornography, the geopolitical conceptions of Henry Kissinger, the religious Right, and the thoughts of an American theologian looking at socialism. Though these essays do
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