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Redeeming Democracy in America (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
Wilson Carey McWilliams
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Description for Redeeming Democracy in America (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
Hardcover. A highly anticipated work by one of the preeminent political theorists of the twentieth century, Wilson Carey McWilliams. Presents his most mature and most developed writings--the distillation of a distinguished career of thinking about the American experiment. Editor(s): Deneen, Patrick J.; McWilliams, Susan J. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Wherever we turn in America today, we see angry citizens disparaging government, distrusting each other, avoiding civic life, and professing a hatred of politics and politicians of all stripes. Is our situation hopeless? Wilson Carey McWilliams wouldn’t think so. McWilliams, one of the preeminent political theorists of the twentieth century, was closely identified with an ambitious intellectual enterprise to reclaim and restore democracy as a source of national veneration, inspiration, and salvation. Better than most of his contemporaries, he understood and illuminated the major sources of the political malaise that afflicts our nation’s citizens. For him, the key to reinvigorating ... Read more
Wherever we turn in America today, we see angry citizens disparaging government, distrusting each other, avoiding civic life, and professing a hatred of politics and politicians of all stripes. Is our situation hopeless? Wilson Carey McWilliams wouldn’t think so. McWilliams, one of the preeminent political theorists of the twentieth century, was closely identified with an ambitious intellectual enterprise to reclaim and restore democracy as a source of national veneration, inspiration, and salvation. Better than most of his contemporaries, he understood and illuminated the major sources of the political malaise that afflicts our nation’s citizens. For him, the key to reinvigorating ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
American Political Thought
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700617852
SKU
V9780700617852
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About Wilson Carey McWilliams
Patrick J. Deneen is associate professor of government and holds the Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Chair in Hellenic Studies at Georgetown University. He is the author of Democratic Faith and The Odyssey of Political Theory: The Politics of Departure and Return. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.Susan J. McWilliams is assistant professor of politics at Pomona College. She is the author ... Read more
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