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2 unusual facts about Cultural conservatism


Cultural conservatism

In the Republic of Ireland prior to the 1980s and 1990s, cultural conservatism, in the form of support for the Irish language, Gaelic culture and Roman Catholicism, was a force of major political importance.

An example of a cultural conservative in the broader sense is Allan Bloom (who is a political liberal), arguing in The Closing of the American Mind against cultural relativism.



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Antipodeans

Notably, they did not exhibit in the CAS's own gallery, as the society opposed the show, but chose instead to use the premises of the rival Victorian Artists' Society, long a bastion for cultural conservatism in Melbourne.