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- 228
- Book Condition
- Poor
- Cover
- Paperback
- Book Title
- The Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the
- Title
- Presence of the Past: Essays on State and Constitution By
- Subject
- Constitutions, History & Theory, American Government / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, American Government / State
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- Water stains and wrinkles (bottom 2 inches of pages).
- ISBN
- 9780801841163
- Subject Area
- Political Science
- Publication Name
- Presence of the Past : Essays on the State and the Constitution
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Series
- The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
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- Reprint
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- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 248 Pages
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The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought.Sotirios A. Barber and Jeffery K. Tulis, Series Editors.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
080184116x
ISBN-13
9780801841163
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Publication Name
Presence of the Past : Essays on the State and the Constitution
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Subject
Constitutions, History & Theory, American Government / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, American Government / State
Publication Year
1990
Series
The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Number of Pages
248 Pages
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Item Length
9.4 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
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89-002672
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Jk261.W65
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College Graduate Student
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Reprint
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"The enlightenment so generously supplied by Wolin reveals a grim view of the American Republic in the wake of its Bicentennial celebrations... Clearly this is a very important book, and I recommend it most highly."-- Journal of Politics, The enlightenment so generously supplied by Wolin reveals a grim view of the American Republic in the wake of its Bicentennial celebrations... Clearly this is a very important book, and I recommend it most highly., "In this book, our foremost theorist of the political moves beyond his classical work to a critique of the state... For Wolin, the past must live through a memory of past injustices and the experience of political action. He quotes Richard Hooker to the effect that five hundred years of acts are ours. In defending the value of political experience, Wolin stays true to his distinctive ground."-- American Political Science Review., ""The enlightenment so generously supplied by Wolin reveals a grim view of the American Republic in the wake of its Bicentennial celebrations... Clearly this is a very important book, and I recommend it most highly."", In this book, our foremost theorist of the political moves beyond his classical work to a critique of the state... For Wolin, the past must live through a memory of past injustices and the experience of political action. He quotes Richard Hooker to the effect that five hundred years of acts are ours. In defending the value of political experience, Wolin stays true to his distinctive ground.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Collective Identity and Constitutional Power Chapter 2. Injustice and Collective Memory Chapter 3. Eliticsm and the Rage against Postmodernity Chapter 4. Archaism, Modernity, and Democracy in America Chapter 5. Trending and Intending a Constitution: Bicentennial Misgivings Chapter 6. Montesquieu and Publius: The Crisis of Reason and The Federalist Papers Chapter 7. E Pluribus Unum : The Representation of Difference and the Reconstitution of Collectivity Chapter 8. COntract and Birthright Chapter 9. Democracy and the Welfare State: The Political and Theoretical Connections between Staatsräson and Wohlfahrsstaaträson Chapter 10. Democracy without the Citizen Chapter 11. Democracy and Operation Democracy Notes Index
Copyright Date
1989
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
320.973
Dewey Edition
19
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