Paleoconservatism

Paleoconservatism (sometimes shortened to paleocon) is a term for a conservative political philosophy found primarily in the United States stressing tradition, limited government, civil society, anti-colonialism, anti-corporatism and anti-federalism, along with religious, regional, national and Western identity. Chilton Williamson, Jr. describes paleoconservatism as "the expression of rootedness: a sense of place and of history, a sense of self derived from forebears, kin, and culture — an identity that is both collective and personal". Paleoconservatism is not expressed as an ideology and its adherents do not necessarily subscribe to any one party line.