The American Founding

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"This is an impressive collection of essays by leading scholars investigating different aspects of the American Founding. The editors and contributors affirm the importance of engaging foundational themes and questions in studying the civic life of the United States. The book will be accessible to non-scholars and should stimulate further reading, reflection, and discussion." -David L. Tubbs, King's College, New York City "Professors Robinson and Williams have brought together an all-star group of scholars to tackle in the round a vexing question for anyone who cares about America's democracy: how are we to revive the founders' defining belief that our political regime depends upon the presence of a virtuous citizenry. Sometime in the last fifty or so years too many Americans -- especially those in government and in the universities -- forgot what the founders knew must always be kept in mind. This volume is an especially timely and valuable primer on how we might recover our tradition." -Gerard V. Bradley, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame All the chapters offer intelligent, learned, and soberly urgent reflection on 'the intellectual and moral foundations of civic life' in America. Citizens and politicians cogitating about how to strengthen and restore the conditions for self-government in our democracy will find in this book some excellent examples of how to think and talk about that important endeavor. It is a book that could be assigned with good effect to undergraduates in American Government courses, too. -- Claremont Review of Books * Publication Review *