“Modern liberalism, for most liberals is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of unexamined prejudices and conjoined sentiments. The basic ideas and beliefs seem more satisfactory when they are not made fully explicit, when they merely lurk rather obscurely in the background, coloring the rhetoric and adding a certain emotive glow.” MadeIdeasSeemsCertainBeliefModernEmotionalColorConsciousUnderstoodPrejudiceBackgroundsRationalLiberalismSentimentsRhetoricObscurityGlowingExaminingBasicsExplicitBundlesLurkingModern Liberalism Author:James Burnham
