Darwinian Conservatism Larry Arnhart September 2005, 162 pages ISBN 0 907845 991 (pbk.), £8.95/$17.90  Also available at subscription price (£5) via: essays in political and cultural criticism Search Inside the Book at Amazon.com Search Inside the Book at Amazon.co.uk New York Times feature order your copy New: readers' blog for this book Press release for US edition

Larry Arnhart is a professor of political science at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Aristotle on Political Reasoning, Political Questions: Political Philosophy from Plato to Rawls, and Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature.

"This outstanding Societas essay is strongly recommended."  David Ashton, Salisbury Review.

"The argument is conscientious, documented, and timely. Whether this excellent work will convince many conservatives is a different question."  John Gross, New Criterion

"Arnhart's book is a sustained and impressive attempt to give a Darwinian underpinning to conservative social thought."  Paul Crook, Australian Journal of Politics and History.

"This book should be welcomed by those who are concerned with the social and political ramifications of the theory of evolution."  Allen Thompson, Philosophical Books.

"Arnhart's thesis, which he proves abundantly,  is that the constraints of our biological nature explode the most persistent delusions of the Left . . . consequently a Darwinian politics is a largely
conservative politics . . . Arnhart is to be commended for producing an excellent book about conservative thought."  Antony Flew, Right Now!

"Arnhart succeeds in his limited goal of demonstrating that Darwinian theory, properly understood, supports conservative social and political ideas while discrediting leftist utopianism."  James Seaton, Weekly Standard

"A well argued book . . . Of special interest will be the author's discussion of Darwinism and religion."  Network Review

"Morality, aid to others, political freedom and the rest can be perfectly well defended from a Darwinian perspective; Arnhart has done a very good job of doing so".  Timothy Sandefur, Reports of the National Center of Science Education

"Darwinian Conservatism...is a work marked by clarity of purpose, prose, and argument that one rarely finds in academic writing...Arnhart's project to offer a Darwinian account of conservative political philosophy should be taken seriously. Conservative critics of Darwin ignore Arnhart at their own peril". Francis Beckwith, The Review of Politics

"There is much to be said in defense of both the realist view of the human being and the biological basis of human conduct and society. Arnhart takes up these important issues in a judicious and informed manner, and his delivery is intelligent, careful, and devoid of posturing or special pleading"  Eugene Heath   European Legacy

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