Lincoln's Political Thought / / George Kateb.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Kateb, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

One of the most influential philosophers of liberalism turns his attention to the complexity of Lincoln’s political thought. At the center of Lincoln’s career is an intense passion for equality, a passion that runs so deep in the speeches, messages, and letters that it has the force of religious con...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. The Period of Lincoln
• 2. Lincoln as a Writer
• 3. Lincoln’s Political Religion of Human Equality
• 4. Race and Human Equality
• 5. Lincoln and the Constitution
• 6. Lincoln’s Doctrine of Military Necessity in the Civil War
• 7. Lincoln’s World Outlook
• Abbreviations
• Bibliography
• Index