Up from Liberalism
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Up from Liberalism is a 1959 political book by William F. Buckley Jr. that critiques mid-20th-century American liberalism and helped define the emerging modern conservative movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Up from Liberalism canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1288927 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Up from Liberalism Context triple: [William F. Buckley Jr., notableWork, Up from Liberalism]
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A.
Reflections of a Radical Moderate
Reflections of a Radical Moderate is a political memoir and collection of essays by former U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson, exploring his centrist philosophy, public service, and the ethical challenges of government.
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B.
The Science of Liberty
The Science of Liberty is a nonfiction book by science writer Timothy Ferris that explores the historical relationship between scientific progress and the development of liberal democracy.
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C.
The Conservative Mind
The Conservative Mind is a seminal 1953 book by Russell Kirk that traces the intellectual history and core principles of Anglo-American conservatism.
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D.
1993: Political Liberalism
1993: Political Liberalism is John Rawls’s major philosophical work that revises and extends his theory of justice to address the stability and legitimacy of a pluralistic democratic society.
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E.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Up from Liberalism Target entity description: Up from Liberalism is a 1959 political book by William F. Buckley Jr. that critiques mid-20th-century American liberalism and helped define the emerging modern conservative movement.
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A.
Reflections of a Radical Moderate
Reflections of a Radical Moderate is a political memoir and collection of essays by former U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson, exploring his centrist philosophy, public service, and the ethical challenges of government.
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B.
The Science of Liberty
The Science of Liberty is a nonfiction book by science writer Timothy Ferris that explores the historical relationship between scientific progress and the development of liberal democracy.
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C.
The Conservative Mind
The Conservative Mind is a seminal 1953 book by Russell Kirk that traces the intellectual history and core principles of Anglo-American conservatism.
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D.
1993: Political Liberalism
1993: Political Liberalism is John Rawls’s major philosophical work that revises and extends his theory of justice to address the stability and legitimacy of a pluralistic democratic society.
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E.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political book ⓘ |
| author | William F. Buckley Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques | mid-20th-century American liberalism ⓘ |
| describes | mid-20th-century American liberalism ⓘ |
| genre |
conservative literature
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPoliticalPosition | American conservatism ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn | intellectual foundations of postwar American conservatism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | anti-liberal ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Up from Liberalism self-link ⓘ |
| influenced | conservative movement in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American conservatism
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American liberalism ⓘ political ideology ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| movement | modern American conservatism ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping define the emerging modern conservative movement ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | conservative ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Up from Liberalism Description of subject: Up from Liberalism is a 1959 political book by William F. Buckley Jr. that critiques mid-20th-century American liberalism and helped define the emerging modern conservative movement.
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