Conservative Ideology in the Making

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Conservative Ideology in the Making Pasts Incorporated CEU Studies in the Humanities Series Editor László Kontler Conservative Ideology in the Making Iván Zoltán Dénes Budapest–New York © 2009 by Iván Zoltán Dénes English translation © 2009 by Judit Pokoly The text is the revised and supplemented version of Iván Zoltán Dénes “Liberális kihívásra adott konzervatív válasz”© Argumentum Kiadó, Bibó István Szellemi Műhely, Budapest, 2008 Published in 2009 by Pasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies and Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Share Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-327-3138 or 327-3000 Fax: +36-1-327-3183 E-mail: ceupress@ceu.hu Website: www.ceupress.com 400 West 59th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-212-547-6932 Fax: +1-646-557-2416 E-mail: mgreenwald@sorosny.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. Translated by Judit Pokoly ISBN 978-963-9776-57-9 cloth ISSN 1786-1438 The Publication of the present volume was supported by the National Cultural Foundation (NKA) through the Foundation for the Ethos of the Republic, István Bibó Center for Advanced Studies of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Printed in Hungary by Akadémiai Nyomda, Martonvásár “For the people, truly I desire their liberty and freedom as much as anybody whomsoever. But I must tell you their liberty and freedom consists in having the government ... those laws by which their life and their goods may be most their own. It is not for having share in government. That is nothing pertaining to them.” Charles Stuart, January 30, 1649, quoted in Williamson (1957), 143 “It is indeed the aristocracy whose influence I wish to preserve in the legislation, excluding all whom wise laws have excluded so far as they are not yet competent. … Indeed, I do wish to keep the masses under guardianship, and, honestly speaking, to bridle them; but also to promote their material well-being by righteous government ; to foster their mental improvement, and not to let them waste their time needed for earning a living by taking part in something they do not know, do not want, and are incapable of, namely, in cogoverning .” Albert Sztáray, January 8, 1842 in Albert Sztáray, “Nagymihályi levelek” [Letters from Nagymihály] ...