New Order of the Ages

Time, the Constitution, and the Making of Modern American Political Thought

AvMichael Lienesch

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Lienesch shows that what emerged from the period of change was an inconsistent combination of political theories. The mixture of classical republicanism and modern liberalism was institutionalized in the American Constitution and has continued--ambivalent, contradictory, and sometimes flatly paradoxical--to characterize American politics ever since. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-19
Mått:127 x 203 x 18 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Princeton Legacy Library
Antal sidor:246
Förlag:Princeton University Press
ISBN:9780691635118

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Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Recensioner i media

"[Lienesch's] special interest is with concepts of change, decay, reform and destiny... His treatment of religion as a formative influence on [American political thought] is original and important, and especially his emphasis on the millenarianism that was so surprisingly popular in the late eighteenth century."--William Brock, The Times Literary Supplement "Lienesch has written an impressive study of the transition from classical republicanism to the beginnings of modern liberalism in America between the early 1780s and 1800... This book will quickly achieve the stature of the most prominent republican and liberal readings of the ideological bases of the American founding ... and will stand ... as a major contribution toward bridging the gap between these partially contradictory analytic traditions."--Choice "... an interesting book on a timely topic... Those interested in [the theoretical orientation of the United States' founding generation] would do well to take a look at this new book by Michael Lienesch."--Richard Myers, Canadian Journal of Political Science

Innehållsförteckning

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*CREATION. Sacred and Secular History, pg. 17*CHANGE. Themes of Decline and Progress, pg. 38*REFORM. Cyclical Theory and the Idea of Imbalance, pg. 63*DEVELOPMENT. The Economics of Expansionism, pg. 82*EXPERIENCE. Examples, Precepts, and Theorems, pg. 119*FOUNDING. Audacity, Ambition, Adaptability, pg. 138*POSTERITY. Creating Constitutional Character, pg. 159*DESTINY. Prophecy and the Prophets of Progress, pg. 184*Epilogue, pg. 204*Bibliography, pg. 215*Index, pg. 229