"This collection gives voice to philosophers who are at odds with the predominant leftist political trends of academic philosophy. Chapters detail personal experiences and reflections on the intellectual viability of a non-left-leaning political philosophy, arguing that conservative thought has an important place in contemporary academia"--.

• Contents
• 1. Introduction: Thoughtcrime Revealed
• 2. Up from Political Liberalism (but Not Entirely)
• 3. Don’t Throw Out the Tinfoil Hats Just Yet: A Libertarian Defense of “Unwarranted” Conspiracy Theories
• 4. Under the Copybook Headings: Rudyard Kipling’s Ethics of Civilization
• 5. Academia: Hooligans at Play
• 6. The Importance of Cultural Preservation
• 7. Learning All the Wrong Lessons
• 8. The Metaphysical Foundations of Conservatism
• 9. Reflections of an Apostate
• 10. Individualism and Rights: Libertarianism in Academia
• 11. Correcting the Strawmen: Why Most Evangelical Christians Are Political Conservatives
• 12. Left and Right: A Pox on Both Their Houses
• 13. Away from Omelas
• 14. The Curious Case of the Double Dissident
• 15. The Humbling of an Impatient Cosmopolitan
• 16. From Democrat to Dissident
• 17. Better Somewhere Than Anywhere
• Index
• About the Contributors