Richard M. Weaver

Richard M. Weaver (1910 - 1963), a conservative U.S. scholar, wrote on rhetoric, the teaching of composition, the culture of America's south, and the problem of universals.

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1910 - 1963 - Conservative - Rhetoric - Composition - Culture - Problem of universals

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His best-known works are Ideas Have Consequences, which was one of the key books of the early post-World War II conservative intellectual movement in the United States, The Southern Tradition at Bay, and Visions of Order.

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Ideas Have Consequences - The Southern Tradition at Bay - Visions of Order

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Some of the positions Weaver took, such as his opposition to McCarthy-era rules requiring the registration of members of the Communist Party, set him apart from many of his fellow conservatives.

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