Conservative thinkers: Pat Buchanan (1938-)

Overview:

• he is one of the most prominent members of the US conservative right

His influences:

• he was influenced by the philosopher Leo strauss, who called for the moral regeneration of the USA and a new sense of shared values, based on a traditional form of Christianity
• Strauss saw the world as being divided sharply between good and evil

The American Cause:

• he is the founder of this, and its a campaigning organisation
• 'to advance and promote traditional American values'
• limited government and individual freedom are features of conservative new right, but the inclusion of national sovereignty (in their beliefs) demands explanation
• national soveriegnty implies…