James Young

Reconsidering American Liberalism

The Troubled Odyssey Of The Liberal Idea

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Produktbeschreibung

In a survey of American political thought unrivaled in its breadth, Young gives voice not just to Locke, Jefferson, and Madison but also to Rawls, Shklar, Kateb, Wolin, and Walzer. To the problems facing Lincoln and Dewey, he brings modern feminism, multiculturalism, postmodernism, and the current conservative backlash. Broadly informed, scrupulously fair, and marvelously clear, Reconsidering American Liberalism is a tour de force of historical exposition and contemporary analysis as well as significant contribution to the future of liberal thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780813306483
• ISBN-10: 0813306485
• Artikelnr.: 21264625

Autorenporträt

James Young

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Role of Liberalism in American Politics
The Ambiguous Legacy of Puritanism
John Locke and the Theory of Liberal Constitutionalism
Liberalism, Republicanism, and Revolution
Liberalism, Republicanism, and the Constitution
Defining the Constitutional Text and the Emergence of Party Politics
Some Notes on Jacksonian Democracy
Abolition and the Crisis of Liberalism
Laissez
Faire Conservatism and the Legitimation of Corporate Capitalism
The Dilemmas of Populist Reform
The Problem of Progressivism
The New Deal and the Apotheosis of Reform
Liberalism in Search of New Directions
Race, Gender, Difference, and Equality
Liberalism in Retreat: The Conservative Critique
Rights
Based Liberalism
Problems of Liberalism: Rights, Economy, Community, and the State
Conclusion