Covenant

The New Politics of Home, Neighbourhood and Nation

Danny Kruger

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Forum
28 November 2023

Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies

Contemporary conservatism can easily be seen as a hollowed-out creed. Combining heartless free-market individualism with an unthinking social liberalism - or else simple authoritarian populism - it offers little to those whose sense of meaning is securely rooted in their families, communities and country.

InCovenant, Danny Kruger, one of parliament's leading thinkers, argues that we must restore the sources of virtue and belonging that underpin the good life by repairing the covenantal relationships of love and partnership that underpin our families, local communities and ultimately our country. We must, he contends, go beyond a politics based purely on individual autonomy, social atomisation and self-worship. By examining the most fundamental questions of love, sex, life and death, ranging from marriage to assisted dying, Kruger charts a course towards a conservatism that can respond humanely and wisely to the social, environmental and economic crises that face us.

This riposte to both liberal orthodoxy and the authoritarian right is unmissable for anyone interested in British politics. It's a key contribution to the debate on how the Conservative Party can respond to its current crisis.

By: Danny Kruger
Imprint: Forum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9781800752115
ISBN 10: 1800752113
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Danny Kruger is the MP for Devizes in Wiltshire. He has worked for a succession of Conservative leaders and Prime Ministers, including as Political Secretary to Boris Johnson. He is the founder and former chief executive of two charities working with prisoners and young people at risk. He has a D.Phil. in history from Oxford University and is the author of On Fraternity: Politics beyond Liberty and Equality (Civitas, 2007).

Reviews for Covenant: The New Politics of Home, Neighbourhood and Nation

‘A powerful and urgent critique of the ruling liberalism, this passionate manifesto for a new kind of conservatism will engage readers on every part of the political spectrum’ - John Gray, political philosopher ‘Beautifully written and accessible, Covenant turns political theory into practical policy' - Tim Stanley, Daily Telegraph ‘In this erudite and important book, Danny Kruger shows that the answers to our very modern problems lie not in the ideological dysfunctions of liberalism, but in the norms, customs and insights we once understood but tragically have instead rejected and forgotten’ - Nick Timothy, former Chief of Staff to Theresa May