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Book Description: John Hopkins University Press. Book Condition: New. New. Bookseller Inventory # 0813208262

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Book Description: The Catholic University of America Press, United States, 1995. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New edition. 230 x 143 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Bookseller Inventory # AAN9780813208268

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Book Description: Book Condition: New. When it was first published twenty-five years ago, this classic work of political theory gained notoriety because neither its approach nor its interpretations readily fit into any of the major schools of thought dealing with the American political tradition. More significantly, its arguments challenged core tenets of what had become received wisdom concerning the roots of our political beliefs and institutions. Willmoore Kendall and George W. Carey argue that a new, largely contrived political tradition has gained currency in many legal, academic, and political circles. This new tradition, set forth by Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address, holds that our fundamental political ideas are derived from the Bill of Rights and the "all men are created equal" clause of the Declaration of Independence. Proponents of this view not only champion individual rights but also believe that the achievement of a broadly defined equality represents a binding but as yet unfulfilled promise made by the American people in the Declaration. In the present work, Kendall and Carey instead maintain that one must look to the founding era and its key documents in order to understand our indigenous political tradition. In so doing, one sees that the right of the people to govern themselves, rather than the concept of individual rights, is at the heart of the American political tradition. Using the analytical approach developed by Eric Voegelin, the authors examine the documents that are vital to an understanding of our political origins: "the Mayflower Compact," the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut," the Massachusetts Body of Liberties, the Virginia Bill of Rights, the Constitution" itself, and "the FederalistPapers." At the same time, they consider questions highly relevant to the subsequent course of American political development. This thought-provoking book contributes important arguments to the fundamental debate over the place of equality in our political self-understanding. It will continue to be of immense interest to all serious students of American political thought. Brand NEW unread book. Soft cover bound book. Bookseller Inventory # 9780813208268

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Book Description: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr, 1995. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. rpt edition. 200 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0813208262

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