Inspired by the scholarship of Laurence Lampert, this international group of scholars offer meticulous interpretations of key philosophical works by Protagoras, Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, Descartes, Nietzsche, and Leo Strauss.
In this heterodox reading of Thomas Jefferson, Dean Caivano proposes a theory of democracy conceived through a politics of all. Democracy from this standpoint does not entail liberal consensus-building but rejects hierarchical forms of authority, supplanted by ongoing political resistance by "the people" to obtain freedom and equality.
Dramatizes how everyday life in the United States intersects with and is influenced by the power of events, on the one hand, and forces of conformity and normalcy on the other.
Dramatizes how everyday life in the United States intersects with and is influenced by the power of events, on the one hand, and forces of conformity and normalcy on the other.
Throughout his major works, Leo Tolstoy argues that the central problem of the modern world is its delusional character. We have become delusional about the utility of science, the effects of music, the nature of love and the divine, and the inescapable reality of death. A Prophet of Modern Delusions: Tolstoy's Critique of Modernity explores ......
The American Founders, Gendered Language, and Patriarchal Politics
An analysis of the writings and speeches of the American founders. Kann (political science, U. of Southern Calif.) looks at how the founders deployed a grammar of manhood that provided informal rules for stigmatizing disorderly men, justifying citizenship for deserving men, and elevating exceptio
The American Founders, Gendered Language, and Patriarchal Politics
An analysis of the writings and speeches of the American founders. Kann (political science, U. of Southern Calif.) looks at how the founders deployed a grammar of manhood that provided informal rules for stigmatizing disorderly men, justifying citizenship for deserving men, and elevating exceptio
Norms play an important role in the functioning of the U.S. Congress. The first book-length treatment of the topic in over fifteen years, A Social Theory of Congress addresses what are norms, what congressional norms exist, and what effects norms have, and adds a new theoretical perspective to consider Congress.
Norms play an important role in the functioning of the U.S. Congress. The first book-length treatment of the topic in over fifteen years, A Social Theory of Congress addresses what are norms, what congressional norms exist, and what effects norms have, and adds a new theoretical perspective to consider Congress.
