The Liberal Mind in a Conservative Party: Intellectuals and the Liberal Party of Australia

Robinson analyses the peculiarly Australian intellectual tradition of liberal conservatism within the mainstream centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Conservative intellectuals in Australia have forged a pragmatic, sceptical and utilitarian liberal conservatism focused on the tasks of government. It remains distant both from the romantic and organicist ideas of the populist right and the simplicities of libertarianism.

Focusing on key figures within this tradition, Robinson tracks the pr...