Against the common thesis that the revolutionary dynamics of the Resistance was stopped by conservatism, I claim instead that the renewal or re-form that are intrinsic to tradition (Karl Barth: “renewal does not mean revolution, nor does it mean restoration, but rather ‘re-formation’”24) have been blocked by the progressive mentality’s choice for conservatism (first of all as cultural conservatism), and by the consequent failure to criticize the idea of revolution.