In Search of the Republic: Public Virtue and the Roots of American GovernmentRowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 269 pages When In Search of the Republic was originally published in 1987, scholarly interpretations of the concept of virtue in the American founding were considered peripheral to mainstream political theory. Since then, the authors' arguments that public virtue, civic responsibility, and private morality were at the heart of the Founding Fathers' political thought is now accepted by a growing number of contemporary political theorists. This revised edition includes a new preface that places In Search of the Republic within the context of contemporary debates over the role of virtue and religion in early American political discourse. This is a superb introduction for students and scholars interested in learning about the moral, political, and constitutional theories of the Founding Fathers. |
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... institutions , as well as their political institutions , are considered in some detail . De Tocqueville believed that the religious beliefs that the Pilgrims and Puritans brought with them to the New World contributed significantly to ...
... institutions , as well as their political institutions , are considered in some detail . De Tocqueville believed that the religious beliefs that the Pilgrims and Puritans brought with them to the New World contributed significantly to ...
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... institutions of society . These institutions - family , school , churches , neighborhood , and other local institutions , were , in fact , the primary feeders and stimulators of the general civil religion . Institutions such as the ...
... institutions of society . These institutions - family , school , churches , neighborhood , and other local institutions , were , in fact , the primary feeders and stimulators of the general civil religion . Institutions such as the ...
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... institutions , so that former laws have been easily changed whilst former belief has remained unshaken ... Institution , 1985 ) , p . 366. “ If Puritanism was the most important intellectual and cultural force shaping the American mind ...
... institutions , so that former laws have been easily changed whilst former belief has remained unshaken ... Institution , 1985 ) , p . 366. “ If Puritanism was the most important intellectual and cultural force shaping the American mind ...
Contents
Public Virtue and the 1 Roots of Republican Government | 1 |
The Metamorphosis of the Idea of Virtue | 19 |
Virtue Comes to America | 47 |
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