Nature and History in American Political Development
A Debate
Published on 1. July 2009
240 pages
978-0-674-02930-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, Ceaser traces how certain "foundational" ideas-including nature, history, and religion-have been understood and used over the course of American history. Three commentators challenge his arguments, and a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics ensues.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-02930-9 (9780674029309)
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03/2008
Harvard University Press
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Persons
James W. Ceaser is Professor of Politics, University of Virginia. Theda Skocpol is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Her previous works include the prize-winning States and Social Revolutions. Jack N. Rakove is the William R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution.
Content
Contents Foreword by Theda R. Skocpol 1. Foundational Concepts and American Political Development 2. Can We Know a Foundational Idea When We See One? 3. Replacing Foundations with Staging: "Second-Story" Concepts and American Political Development 4. What If God Was One of Us? The Challenges of Studying Foundational Political Concepts 5. Foundational Concepts Reconsidered Notes About the Authors Index
