At the end of my last article on conservative socialism titled “A Brief Overview and Principles of Conservative Socialism,” I stated I would create a reading list. I have decided to do an introductory reading list because I do not want to overwhelm people with books but rather have a selected number of articles and a few books for those who are just discovering Conservative Socialism or Conservative critiques of capitalism. I will provide a link to where you can read these writings for yourselves. These works will range from conservative criticisms of capitalism to a history book to an interview and books on government and economics. I will also include one non-socialist writer Russell Kirk and one non-conservative writer Karl Marx to check out because they do provide some ideas for conservative socialists and some critiques. In total, there are 7 articles and 6 books. Of course, you do not have to read all of these writings, but I do encourage you to check out all the articles and at least two of the books. If you are new to the blog, I would also encourage you to check out the articles I mentioned and my series on a “Conservative Case For Class Struggle.”

Articles

Conservatism Against Itself by Christopher Lasch

https://www.firstthings.com/article/1990/04/conservatism-against-itself

What’s Wrong with the Right by Christopher Lasch

https://web.archive.org/web/20040317084407/http://thor.clark.edu/sengland/previous%20features/a_dialogue_with_christopher_lasc.htm

Why the Left has no Future by Christopher Lasch

https://web.archive.org/web/20040317084407/http://thor.clark.edu/sengland/previous%20features/a_dialogue_with_christopher_lasc.htm#Why%20the%20Left%20Has%20No%20Future

Libertarians a Chirping Sectaries by Russell Kirk

Class Struggle by Ernst Niekisch

https://niekischtranslationproject.wordpress.com/tag/class-struggle/

Technology The Devourer of Man by Ernst Niekisch

https://niekischtranslationproject.wordpress.com/tag/technology-the-devourer-of-men/

The Modernity Critique of the 1980s by Gan Yang

Books

The Revolt of the Elites: And the Betrayal of Democracy by Christopher Lasch

Guild Socialism: A Plan for Economic Democracy G. D. H. Cole

The Conservative Revolution in Germany 1918- 1932 by Armin Mohler

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/

Prussian Socialism by Oswald Spengler https://archive.org/details/prussian-socialism/mode/2up

The Theory of Multipolar World by Alexander Dugin

https://www.perlego.com/book/2699425/the-theory-of-a-multipolar-world-pdf