A Study Of Romanticist Political Thinking In The Process Of British Political Modernization

Glorious Revolution embarked that British began a long road of political modernization where is full of original, stability, complication and flexibility. All of these should thanks to the Conservatism political thinking, for it includes the non-perfect human nature, the stable reform, the level view, the traditional value, and the pragmatism think mode instead of abstractionism. In the process of political modernization, every change in the political structure, institution and culture was interactive with the Conservatism political thinking, and they developed together through this interactive process. Both of the constitutionalism, the level view, the pragmatism in political culture and the congress, the constitution and the relationship between classes in political structure have permeated the feature of Conservatism political thinking.In addition, Conservatism political thinking itself also changed in the process of political modernization, meeting the requirements of political modernization. The interactive influence among conservatism, traditionalism, individualism and liberalism had positive and negative effects to the political modernization. On one hand, it integrated different social classes, strengthened the social cohesion, promoted the legal system, defined the action range of state. On the other hand, it lacked the rational composition, limited the democracy and freedom, weakened the legitimacy of authority and felt helpless in some practical social problems. In conclusion, based on the summary of Conservatism political thinking in the political modernization in British and the reflection of deficiency in modernization, we should take advantage of some valuable resources in Conservatism political thinking to resolve the internal contradiction of modernization——the tension between tradition and modernization, making the modernization process more smooth and stable.Political modernization is such a progress process, which including the transformation from traditional politics to modern politics. Conservatism political thinking is such a mode of political behavior thinking, which emphasizes the tradition, rule, stability and continuity in the reform, avoiding the severe turmoil in the society. As one of the first states which start the modernization, British began its political modernization in its unique progressive way. In this process, Conservatism political thinking plays an important role, helping British find a booster and stabilizer in the political modernization road.