Dr Greg Melleuish: Was the Aust Liberal Party's Founding Philosophy Really "Classical Liberalism"?
The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast by Dan Ryan
Episode notes
My guest today is Dr Greg Melleuish who is a well-known Australian academic who teaches amongst other things on the history of liberalism in that country. Today we discuss:
- To what extent Disraelian political conservatism existed Down Under
- Whether the Australian Liberal Party was actually founded on "classical liberalism"
- What he thinks of "Red Tories" like Phillip Blond and "post-liberal" thinkers like Patrick Deneen, Adrian Vermeule and Yoram Hazony
And much much more
Keywords
National Conservatismrobert menziesaustraliaaustralian liberal partynatconprotectionismbenjamin disraeliwilliam gladstone