The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics

The Modest Republic
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-34347-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3018 g

By identifying and illustrating aspects of American culture that are out of sync with the modest republicanism that gave rise to the United States in the late eighteenth century, the contributors to this volume expose the vulgarity and excess of American culture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Federici, M.

Mitchell, M.

Gamble, R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Messianic Hoax and the Quest for Empire; R.M.Gamble 2. Journalism; R.Dreher 3. The Architecture of Empire; D.Lee 4. The Politics of Modesty and the Problem of Scale; M.T.Mitchell 5. The Rise of Therapeutic Culture and the End of the Modest Republic; J.Beer 6. Religion and the Modest Republic; D.Hart 7. Popular Culture; A.Esolen 8. The Immodesty of American Empire: A Constitutionalist Perspective on Neo-Jacobin Universalism; C.G.Ryn 9. Can there be a Modest Presidency in a Modest Republic?; G.L.Gregg 10. Ethical Center of Modest Republicanism; M.P.Federici 11. A Humane Economy; R.Ancil 12. Debt and the Loss of Moderation; B.P.Mitchell 13. Higher Education; R.Koons 14. Education; J.Polet

Über Autor(innen)

Ralph Ancil, Geneva College, USA

Jeremy Beer, American Philanthropic, USA

Gregory S. Butler, New Mexico State University, USA

Michael P. Federici, Mercyhurst University, USA

Richard M. Gamble, Hillsdale College, USA

Justin Garrison, Catholic University of America, USA

Gary L. Gregg II, University of Louisville, USA

Darryl Hart, Hillsdale College, USA

Robert C. Koons, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Jeffrey Polet, Hope College, USA

Brian Patrick Mitchell, USA

Mark T. Mitchell, Patrick Henry College, USA

Claes G. Ryn, Catholic University of America, USA