New Order of the Ages : : Time, the Constitution, and the Making of Modern American Political Thought / / Michael Lienesch.
Lienesch shows that what emerged from the period of change was an inconsistent combination of political theories. The mixture of classical republicanism and modern liberalism was institutionalized in the American Constitution and has continued--ambivalent, contradictory, and sometimes flatly paradox...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1988 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE. The Paradoxical Past
- CREATION. Sacred and Secular History
- CHANGE. Themes of Decline and Progress
- PART TWO. Perceptions of the Present
- REFORM. Cyclical Theory and the Idea of Imbalance
- DEVELOPMENT. The Economics of Expansionism
- PART THREE. Creating a Contemporary Politics
- EXPERIENCE. Examples, Precepts, and Theorems
- FOUNDING. Audacity, Ambition, Adaptability
- PART FOUR. Prefabricating the Future
- POSTERITY. Creating Constitutional Character
- DESTINY. Prophecy and the Prophets of Progress
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index