Mary Beth McConahey

The City and Sex

Private Vice and Public Scandal in the American Republic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines American political sex scandals at the national level. Studying these events over time reveals the republic's deteriorating moral health. The book shows how having freedom from virtue has produced an American citizenry increasingly prone to the kind of dependence and enslavement once described by Alexis de Tocqueville.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781498518284
• ISBN-10: 1498518281
• Artikelnr.: 43172416

Autorenporträt

Mary Beth McConahey is assistant director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College, where she teaches in the politics department.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: American Virtue Chapter 2: Scandals
Over Time Chapter 3: Ancient Scandals Chapter 4: Modernity Burgeons Chapter
5: Thoroughly Modern Pathologies Chapter 6: A Post-Modern Presidency
Chapter 7: Disinterring Skeletons Conclusion Appendixes Notes Bibliography