Conservatism
cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional social institutions and practices / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conservatism is a type of political belief that supports emphasis on traditions and relies on the individual to maintain society.[1] The term was first used by François-René de Chateaubriand in 1818,[2] during the Bourbon Restoration, which wanted to roll back the policies of the French Revolution. The term is associated with right-wing politics. It has been used to describe a wide range of views. There is no single set of policies that are regarded as conservative because the meaning of conservatism depends on a given place and time, although most Conservatives oppose Modernism in some way and want to go back to old values.[3][4] In Western culture for example, Conservatives try to maintain things like organized religion, property rights, parliamentary government and family values.