02444nam 22005895 450 991027235290332120211005152053.01-5017-2780-X1-5017-2623-410.7591/9781501726231(CKB)4340000000258215(DE-B1597)496482(OCoLC)1028954951(DE-B1597)9781501726231(MiAaPQ)EBC5317522(EXLCZ)99434000000025821520190615d2018 fg engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAllegories of America Narratives, Metaphysics, Politics /Frederick M. DolanIthaca, NY :Cornell University Press,[2018]©19951 online resourceContestations0-8014-3006-2 1-5017-2624-2 1-5017-2780-X 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 --IndexAllegories 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.AllegoryFictionPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPolitical cultureUnited StatesPolitical scienceUnited StatesHistoryPolitics and literatureUnited StatesPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & TheorybisacshAllegory.FictionPolitical aspectsPolitical culturePolitical scienceHistory.Politics and literaturePOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.320.973Dolan Frederick M.1211023DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910272352903321Allegories of America2795074UNINA