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Autore |
Dolan Frederick M. |
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Titolo |
Allegories of America : Narratives, Metaphysics, Politics / / Frederick M. Dolan |
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Cornell University Press, 2018 |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018] |
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©1995 |
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1-5017-2780-X |
1-5017-2623-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Allegory |
Fiction - Political aspects - United States |
Political culture - United States |
Political science - United States - History |
Politics and literature - United States |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Allegories of America -- 1. The Fiction of America -- 2. America's Critique of Reason -- 3. Cold War Metaphysics -- 4. Fiction and the Dilemma of Postmodern Politics -- 5. Practicing Political Theory Otherwise -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Allegories of America offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the metaphysics of American-ness and stops along the way to reflect on John Winthrop, the Constitution, 1950s behavioralist social science, James Merrill, and William Burroughs. |
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