Kenneth Minogue

Kenneth Robert Minogue (11 September 1930 – 28 June 2013) was an Australian conservative political theorist who was Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Honorary Fellow at the London School of Economics.

Minogue was born on 11 September 1930 in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He was educated in Australia, attending Sydney Boys High School and the University of Sydney, graduating in 1950. From 1955 to 1956 he taught at the University of Exeter, and from 1959 taught at the London School of Economics.

Minogue wrote academic essays and books on a great range of problems in political theory. His 1963 book The Liberal Mind, about the perversion of the liberal label by radical leftists became popular internationally. Minogue argued that genuine liberalism rests on the tradition of thinkers like Adam Smith, Benjamin Constant, Adam Ferguson, , John Stuart Mill et al., who built the foundation for a conservative perspective. Minogue defended the values of civility, decency, and moderation, and advocated an honest and transparent public sphere where individuals can freely pursue their own ideas of happiness.

Minogue edited and introduced the Everyman's Library edition of Hobbes' Leviathan, was a columnist for The Times and The Times Higher Education Supplement, and contributed to The New Criterion and Daily Mail. In 1976 he issued a report to help modernize Shiraz University in Iran.

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