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Three-Minute Thesis
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M.E. Bradford was a professor of English at the University of Dallas who contributed significant intellectual work to the American conservative movement in the 1960s-1990s. His training in rhetoric and upbringing in the American South gave him a unique perspective on the founding documents of the United States and major events in American history like the Revolutionary War. Bradford focused on continuity arguing the rights and freedoms American enjoy are really extensions of the traditional rights of Englishmen the colonists enjoyed prior to independence. He analyzes the rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution and finds a conservative philosophy and the creation of a nomocratic government rather than a teleocratic state. Bradford's southern traditionalism and rhetorical analysis made him a unique presence in the conservative movement. He acted as a bridge between the elitist and the populist elements of American conservatism.
M.E. Bradford and American Conservatism
Three-Minute Thesis
M.E. Bradford was a professor of English at the University of Dallas who contributed significant intellectual work to the American conservative movement in the 1960s-1990s. His training in rhetoric and upbringing in the American South gave him a unique perspective on the founding documents of the United States and major events in American history like the Revolutionary War. Bradford focused on continuity arguing the rights and freedoms American enjoy are really extensions of the traditional rights of Englishmen the colonists enjoyed prior to independence. He analyzes the rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution and finds a conservative philosophy and the creation of a nomocratic government rather than a teleocratic state. Bradford's southern traditionalism and rhetorical analysis made him a unique presence in the conservative movement. He acted as a bridge between the elitist and the populist elements of American conservatism.
