THE ESSENTIAL RUSSELL KIRK -- EDITED BY GEORGE A. PANICHAS -- I. THE IDEA OF CONSERVATISM -- II. OUR SACRED PATRIMONY -- III. PRINCIPLES OF ORDER -- IV. THE MORAL IMAGINATION -- V. PLACES AND PEOPLE -- VI. THE DRUG OF IDEOLOGY -- VII. DECADENCE AND RENEWAL IN EDUCATION -- VIII. THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC -- IX. CONSERVATORS OF CIVILIZATION -- Preface -- -Russell Amos Kirk- 1918-94 A Composite Chronicle of His Life and Work in His Own Words -- A Note on the Text -- I. THE IDEA OF CONSERVATISM -- II. OUR SACRED PATRIMONY -- III. PRINCIPLES OF ORDER -- IV. THE MORAL IMAGINATION -- Normative Art and Modern Vices -- V. PLACES AND PEOPLE -- VI. THE DRUG OF IDEOLOGY -- VII. DECADENCE AND RENEWAL IN EDUCATION -- VIII. THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC -- IX. CONSERVATORS OF CIVILIZATION -- EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- I Books By Russell Kirk -- II Books Edited -- III Books and Articles About Russell Kirk: A Selective List -- NOTES -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- X -- With Gratitude.