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23 produkter
Apostle of Human Progress
Lester Frank Ward and American Political Thought, 1841-1913
E-bok, 2003
963 kr
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Although Lester Frank Ward''s accomplishments are not as well known today, he is considered the father of American Sociology and his work profoundly influenced such important thinkers as Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Edward Ross, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In Apostle of Human Progress , Edward …
Species of Origins
America's Search for a Creation Story
Av Karl W. Giberson, Donald A. Yerxa
Häftad, 2002
557 kr
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In Species of Origins, Karl W. Giberson and Donald A. Yerxa examine America's controversial conversation about creation and evolution. While noting that part of the discord stems from the growing cultural and religious diversity of the United States, they argue powerfully that the real issue is the …
Lost Soul of American Protestantism
Av D. G. Hart
Inbunden, 2002
924 kr
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In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of …
Lost Soul of American Protestantism
Av D. G. Hart
Häftad, 2004
557 kr
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In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of …
Intellectuals and The American Presidency
Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians?
Av Tevi Troy
Häftad, 2003
472 kr
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Intellectuals and the American Presidency examines the complex relationships between Presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960. From Arthur Schlesinger's work in John Kennedy's campaign and administration to Daniel Patrick Moynihan's role as the Democrat in the Nixon White House, through …
Culture's Vanities
The Paradox of Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World
Häftad, 2004
712 kr
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Americans want it both ways. They are committed to cultural diversity, yet demand an endless variety of cheap consumer goods from a global system that destroys distinct ways of life. Americans have papered over this paradox by embracing the rhetoric of diversity and multiculturalism, hiding the …
Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism
Inbunden, 2005
2104 kr
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Woodrow Wilson is best known for his service as the twenty-eighth president of the United States and his influence on American foreign policy in the twentieth century and beyond. Yet Wilson is equally important for his influence on how Americans think about their Constitution and principles of …
Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism
Häftad, 2005
756 kr
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Woodrow Wilson is best known for his service as the twenty-eighth president of the United States and his influence on American foreign policy in the twentieth century and beyond. Yet Wilson is equally important for his influence on how Americans think about their Constitution and principles of …
From Nature to Experience
The American Search for Cultural Authority
Av Roger Lundin
Inbunden, 2006
951 kr
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In this remarkable work, Roger Lundin seeks the source of American moral and cultural authority in the shift from nature to experience figured in the thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson. While the pragmatic tradition concludes that experience must generate the very light that will lead us out of its own …
Apostle of Human Progress
Lester Frank Ward and American Political Thought, 1841-1913
Häftad, 2003
853 kr
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Although Lester Frank Ward's accomplishments are not as well known today, he is considered the father of American Sociology and his work profoundly influenced such important thinkers as Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Edward Ross, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In Apostle of Human Progress, Edward C. …
From Nature to Experience
The American Search for Cultural Authority
Av Roger Lundin
Häftad, 2007
617 kr
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In this remarkable work, Roger Lundin seeks the source of American moral and cultural authority in the shift from nature to experience figured in the thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson. While the pragmatic tradition concludes that experience must generate the very light that will lead us out of its own …
Richard Nixon and the Rise of Affirmative Action
The Pursuit of Racial Equality in an Era of Limits
Av Kevin Yuill
Inbunden, 2006
1750 kr
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Richard Nixon is hardly remembered for his civil rights policies but there is no denying that, more than any other president, he is responsible for affirmative action. Noting Nixon's hostility towards busing, his political allegiances with segregationists, and the hostility of leading civil rights …
Alexis de Tocqueville and American Intellectuals
From His Times to Ours
E-bok, 2005
613 kr
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In this groundbreaking new work, Matthew Mancini tells the surprising story of Alexis de Tocqueville''s reception in American thought and culture from the time of his 1831 visit to the United States to the turn of the twenty-first century. The author uncovers an historical record that is replete …
Brahmin Prophet
Phillips Brooks and the Path of Liberal Protestantism
E-bok, 2003
910 kr
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The Reverend Phillips Brooks, author of the beloved Christmas Carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, was undeniably one of the most popular preachers of Gilded Age America. However, very few critical studies of his life and work exist. In this insightful book, Gillis J. Harp places Brooks''s religious …
Creating the American Mind
Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges
Inbunden, 2002
766 kr
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The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the major political currents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and the transition to Enlightenment thought. The colleges also confronted the most partisan and divisive …
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Making of a Democratic Intellectual
Häftad, 2003
694 kr
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In this original and highly readable book, Peter S. Field explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson became the first democratic intellectual in American history. By focusing on his public career, Field contends that Emerson was a democrat in two senses: he single-handedly sought to create a vocation equal …
Heterophobia
Sexual Harassment and the Future of Feminism
Av Daphne Patai
Häftad, 2000
301 kr
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A scathing criticism of political and sexual correctness, this thought-provoking and powerfully argued book is sure to incite debate among all concerned with the legacy and future of woman's rights.
Postmodernism Rightly Understood
The Return to Realism in American Thought
Häftad, 1999
711 kr
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Postmodernism Rightly Understood is a dramatic return to realism—a poetic attempt to attain a true understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the postmodern predicament. Prominent political theorist Peter Augustine Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of …
American Feminism and the Birth of New Age Spirituality
Searching for the Higher Self, 1875-1915
Häftad, 2002
561 kr
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Contrary to popular thought, New Age spirituality did not suddenly appear in American life in the 1970s and '80s. In American Feminism and the Birth of New Age Spirituality, Catherine Tumber demonstrates that the New Age movement first flourished more than a century ago during the Gilded Age under …
Postmodernism Rightly Understood
The Return to Realism in American Thought
E-bok, 1999
844 kr
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Postmodernism Rightly Understood is a dramatic return to realism-a poetic attempt to attain a true understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the postmodern predicament. Prominent political theorist Peter Augustine Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of …
World Made Safe for Differences
Cold War Intellectuals and the Politics of Identity
E-bok, 2002
387 kr
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Creating the American Mind
Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges
Häftad, 2007
472 kr
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The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the major political currents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and the transition to Enlightenment thought. The colleges also confronted the most partisan and divisive …
Postmodernism Rightly Understood
The Return to Realism in American Thought
Inbunden, 1999
887 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Postmodernism Rightly Understood is a dramatic return to realism—a poetic attempt to attain a true understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the postmodern predicament. Prominent political theorist Peter Augustine Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of …
