A review by psilosiren
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin by Corey Robin

2.0

I'm not sure what exactly I expected from this book, but it didn't really deliver. Sure, there were some curious ideas and philosophical bits thrown around in there that I liked to chew on, but for the most part the book seemed to lack a sense of coherence. I had a really hard time figuring out the point the author was trying to make, and the actual conclusion seems unclear as well.

I don't think I'd really recommend this book to anyone. The most I got out of it were some vague ideas about the history of conservativism, but nothing that led me to any kind of clear understanding.