The Liberal Tradition in America

The Liberal Tradition in America
Author: Louis Hartz
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1955
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780156512695

Views American democracy, revolution, and capitalism in the light of Western history.

The Liberal Tradition in America

The Liberal Tradition in America
Author: Louis Hartz
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 349
Release: 1991-07-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0547541406

This “brilliantly written” look at the original meaning of the liberal philosophy has become a classic of political science (American Historical Review). Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award As the word “liberal” has been misused and its meaning diluted in recent decades, this study of American political thought since the Revolution is a valuable look at the “liberal tradition” that has been central to US history. Louis Hartz, who taught government at Harvard, shows how individual liberty, equality, and capitalism have been the values at the root of liberalism—and offers enlightening historical context that reminds us of America’s unique place and important role in the world. “Lively and thought-provoking . . . Fascinating reading.” —The Review of Politics Includes an introduction by Tom Wicker

The Liberal Tradition in American Politics

The Liberal Tradition in American Politics
Author: David F. Ericson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135270953

First Published in 1999. This volume explores the full range and depth of the liberal tradition in America and how it has been perceived by political theorists and historians. The contributors weigh the various paradigm shifts in our understanding of American political development according to consensus, polarity and multiple traditions. They break new ground by taking into account African-American and proslavery thought, gender and identity politics, citizenship in the Reconstruction and Progressive eras, and models of SupremeCourt decision-making. The Liberal Tradition in America questions the effect of viewing American history through these paradigms on the progress of research, and moves the emphasis in research from the development of political ideas to the development of political institutions

The American Liberal Tradition Reconsidered

The American Liberal Tradition Reconsidered
Author: Mark Hulliung
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Eight prominent scholars consider whether Louis Hartz's interpretation of liberalism in his classic 1955 book should be repudiated or updated, and whether a study of America as a "liberal society" is still a rewarding undertaking.

Visions of Progress

Visions of Progress
Author: Doug Rossinow
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2009-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0812220951

Rossinow revisits the period between the 1880s and the 1940s, when reformers and radicals worked together along a middle path between the revolutionary left and establishment liberalism. He takes the story up to the present, showing how the progressive connection was lost and explaining the consequences that followed.

The American Political Tradition

The American Political Tradition
Author: Richard Hofstadter
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2011-12-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0307809668

The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a "kind of intellectual history of the assumptions behind American politics," Richard Hofstadter changed the way Americans understand the relationship between power and ideas in their national experience. Like only a handful of American historians before him—Frederick Jackson Turner and Charles A. Beard are examples—Hofstadter was able to articulate, in a single work, a historical vision that inspired and shaped an entire generation.

Language Politics and Policies

Language Politics and Policies
Author: Thomas Ricento
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2022-06-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781108453141

Tensions and conflicts related to linguistic identity and security are inevitable - even necessary - in liberal democracies. However, if conflicts related to language and identity negatively impact democratic participation, and lead to social fragmentation, civic withdrawal, and lack of trust in societal institutions, then the political system itself may become suspect and unstable. Written by experts from the fields of sociolinguistics, bilingual studies, political science/philosophy, and education, this volume provides a comprehensive picture of the current political, cultural and social factors impacting language policy in the United States and Canada. The chapters cover many aspects of social life in North America, such as immigration, bilingual education, heritage languages, and linguistic identity, and explore the challenges and set-backs, along with the many positive steps taken in recent years to advance the values of inclusion amidst diversity in a variety of contexts and domains in the United States and Canada.

Republic in Peril

Republic in Peril
Author: David C. Hendrickson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190660384

In Republic in Peril, David Hendrickson sees a threat to American institutions and liberties in the emergence of a powerful national security state. The book offers a panoramic view of America's choices in foreign policy, with detailed analysis of the vested interests and ideologies that have justified a sprawling global empire over the last 25 years.

The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty

The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty
Author: João Carlos Espada
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2016-06-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317045041

Joao Carlos Espada's provocative survey of a group of key Anglo-American and European political thinkers argues that there is a distinctive, Anglo-American tradition of liberty that is one of the core pillars of the Free World. Giving a broad overview of the tradition through summaries of the careers and ideas of fourteen of its key thinkers, neglected despite having been tremendously influential in the tradition of liberty, the author engages with current set ideas about the meaning of 'liberal' and 'conservative' to offer an engaging, intellectual case for liberal democracy.