In Search of the Republic: Public Virtue and the Roots of American GovernmentRowman & Littlefield, 1987 - 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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... colonial political thought . While many of the terms were drawn from secular antiquity , they were often infused with a new depth of meaning , which drew a moral or an emotional response that reflected their application to the religious ...
... colonial political thought . While many of the terms were drawn from secular antiquity , they were often infused with a new depth of meaning , which drew a moral or an emotional response that reflected their application to the religious ...
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... colonial setting of the New World . There was also a renewed refer- ence to the Puritan past . The Great Awakening was a call for freedom , virtue and spiritual rejuvenation . It proved to be a catalyst to the growth of both ...
... colonial setting of the New World . There was also a renewed refer- ence to the Puritan past . The Great Awakening was a call for freedom , virtue and spiritual rejuvenation . It proved to be a catalyst to the growth of both ...
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... colonial thought . " He was educable - he could learn why to cherish virtue and shun vice , how to serve the ... colonial political literature by the " undeniable evidence of the seriousness with which colonial and revolutionary leaders ...
... colonial thought . " He was educable - he could learn why to cherish virtue and shun vice , how to serve the ... colonial political literature by the " undeniable evidence of the seriousness with which colonial and revolutionary leaders ...
Contents
Public Virtue and | 1 |
The Metamorphosis of the Idea of Virtue | 45 |
Civil Religion and Republican Government | 89 |
Copyright | |
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