Redeeming American political thought
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Redeeming American political thought
University of Chicago Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references in the end of some chapters
Index: p. [199]-209
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780226753478
Description
In these 13 essays, Judith Shklar explores two themes crucial to discussions of American democracy: first, what she terms the "fundamental social condition" of American life - the tension between expansive political equality and persistent social inequality; and second, "redeeming" American political thought for those who believe it lacks the complexity and depth of the European tradition. She covers issues ranging from the use of history in political discourse to the effect of scepticism on politics and thinkers from Hamilton and Jefferson to Melville.
Table of Contents
Foreword Dennis F. Thompson Pt. 1 : American Thinkers 1: Alexander Hamilton and the Language of Political Science 2: A Friendship 3: Hawthorne in Utopia 4: Emerson and the Inhibitions of Democracy 5: An Education for America: Tocqueville, Hawthorne, Emerson 6: The Education of Henry Adams 7: Redeeming American Political Theory Pt. 2 : American Distinctiveness 8: Positive Liberty, Negative Liberty in the United States 9: The Boundaries of Democracy 10: The American Idea of Aristocracy 11: A New Constitution for a New Nation 12: Democracy and the Past: Jefferson and His Heirs 13: Democratic Customs Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780226753485
Description
In these 13 essays, Judith Shklar explores two themes crucial to discussions of American democracy: first, what she terms the "fundamental social condition" of American life - the tension between expansive political equality and persistent social inequality; and second, "redeeming" American political thought for those who believe it lacks the complexity and depth of the European tradition. She covers issues ranging from the use of history in political discourse to the effect of scepticism on politics and thinkers from Hamilton and Jefferson to Melville.
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