In-Text Citations
1: Title page
· N/A
2: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
· (Elattar and Taylor, 2025; Kim, 2025; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50)
3: Hyperreality
· (Baudrillard, 1983, pp. 1–81; Baudrillard, 1991/1995; Fisher, 2014/2022, pp. 1–81; Zavala, 2018/2022, pp. 1–51; Žižek, 1989/2008, pp. 95–136)
4: Prefigurative politics
· (Fians, 2022/2023; Filecia, 2024, personal communication)
5: Aims and Methods
· (Gilbert, 1971, pp. 80–94; Jacoby, 1992, pp. 405–424)
6: Literature Review: Political Education
· (Bitton, 2025, pp. 5–6; Segal, 2011, pp. 190–191, 200, 207; Oakeshott, 1951/2001, p. 159; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50)
7: Interdisciplinary Methodology
· (Buckley, 1951, pp. xii–113; Gilbert, 1971, pp. 80–84, 90–92; Jacoby, 1992, pp. 405–424; Oakeshott, 1951/2001, p. 159; Oxford University Press, n.d.)
8: The Conservative Tradition
· N/A
9: Focus for the Section
· (Oakeshott, 1951/2001, p. 159; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50)
10: Conservatives Before World War II
· G. K. Chesterton (Ahlquist, 2021; Chesterton, 1925/n.d.; Hansen, 2025; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50; Pető, 2023; Poetry Foundation, n.d.; Sumpter, 2019; Ward, 1975/2025)
· T. S. Eliot (Eliot, 1924/2020; Eliot, 1942/1974, pp. 5–13, 15–16, 20, 24; Kaveney, 2014; Lockerd, 2012/2024; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50; Oakeshott, 1951/2001, p. 159)
11: Conservatives After World War II
· William F. Buckley, Jr. (Buckley, 1951, pp. xiii–xviii, 6–9, 9–10, 34, 46, 77, 79; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50)
· Aloïse Heath (Heath, 1955, pp. 13–15; Oakeshott, 1951/1999, pp. 49–50)
12: Conclusion on the Conservative Tradition
· (Baudrillard, 1983, pp. 1–26; Buckley, 1951, p. xvii, 46, 77, 79; Eliot, 1942/1974, pp. 3–24; L., 1981, pp. 178–179; Royce Moore, 2009, p. 89)
13: The Progressive Tradition
· (Fians, 2022/2023)
14: Focus for the Section
· (Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50; Oakeshott, 1951/2001, p. 159)
15: Progressives Before World War II
· Adolf Löwe (Eliot, 1942/1974, p. 6; Fians, 2022/2023; Löwe, 1937, pp. 381–382, 385, 387, 391; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, p. 50)
· Earl D. Ross (Oakeshott, 1951/1991, p. 50; Ross, 1941, pp. 26–36)
16: Progressives After World War II
· George C. Grant (Grant, 1955, pp. 277, 283, 285)
· Martin Luther King, Jr. (Bitton, 2025, pp. 5–6; King, 1947/n.d.; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50)
17: Progressives After World War II, Continued
· Bryan Magee (Fians, 2022/2023; Grant, 1955, pp. 283, 285; Löwe, 1937, p. 391; Magee, 1962/1963, pp. 11, 47–50)
18: Conclusion on the Progressive Tradition
· (Fians, 2022/2023)
19: Discussion (Subsection Slide)
· (Baudrillard, 1983, pp. 1–81; Fians, 2022/2023; Kim, 2025; Oakeshott, 1951/2001, p. 159; Oakeshott, 1951/1991, pp. 49–50)
20: Discussion
· (Baudrillard, 1983, pp. 1–81; Fians, 2022/2023)
21: Conclusion: Finding Freedom
· (Kim, 2025; Knowles, personal communication, November 1, 2025)
22–23: End Slides
· N/A
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