This book is designed as a timely analysis of the rise of post-modern conservatism in many Western countries across the globe. It provides a theoretical overview of post-modernism, why post-modern conservatism emerged, what distinguishes it from other variants of conservatism and differing political doctrines, and how post-modern conservatism governs in practice. First developing a unique genealogy of conservative thought, arguing that the historicist and irrationalist strains of conservatism were ripe for mutation into post-modern form under the right social and cultural conditions, then providing a new unique theoretical framework to describe the conditions for the emergence of post-modern conservatism, this book applies its theoretical framework to a concrete analysis of the politics of the day. Ultimately, it aims to help us understand the emergence and rise of identity-oriented alt right movements and their populist
spokesmen particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, and now Italy. It provides a timely analysis of the rise of identity-oriented alt-right movements; develops a genealogy of conservative thought to contextualize its post-modern mutation; and provides a unique theoretical framework to analyze post-modern conservatism.