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Johnston Steven |
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Titolo |
Lincoln : the ambiguous icon / / Steven Johnston |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Modernity and political thought |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Lincoln's ambiguity -- Lincoln's decisionism and the politics of elimination -- Democratic ironies of Lincoln's cinematic exceptionalism -- A "humble offering": the (first) Lincoln memorial -- Lincoln's persistent racial ambivalence: colonization -- What to the Indian is the Gettysburg Address? -- American exceptionalism or American narcissism? The second inaugural -- Lincoln's tragic revenge. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincoln's thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity - enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of unprecedented challenges. |
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