03288nam 2200697 a 450 991078076200332120230124183357.00-674-02930-510.4159/9780674029309(CKB)2440000000013093(MiAaPQ)EBC3300169(DE-B1597)457578(OCoLC)1032693100(OCoLC)1037972256(OCoLC)1042008312(OCoLC)1046609513(OCoLC)1047000912(OCoLC)496111297(OCoLC)979739883(DE-B1597)9780674029309(Au-PeEL)EBL3300169(CaPaEBR)ebr10313888(OCoLC)842932809(EXLCZ)99244000000001309320051011d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNature and history in American political development[electronic resource] a debate /James W. Ceaser ; with responses by Jack N. Rakove, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Rogers M. SmithCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press2006viii, 229 pThe Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politicsFirst Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2008.0-674-02158-4 0-674-02723-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.Foundational concepts and American political development / James W. Ceaser -- Can we know a foundational idea when we see one? / Jack N. Rakove -- Replacing foundations with staging: "second-story" concepts and American political development / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- What if God was one of us? The challenges of studying foundational political concepts / Rogers M. Smith -- Foundational concepts reconsidered / James W. Ceaser.In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, James Ceaser traces the way certain "foundational" ideas-including nature, history, and religion-have been understood and used over the course of American history. Ceaser treats these ideas as elements of political discourse that provide the ground for other political ideas, such as liberty or equality. Three critical commentators challenge Ceaser's arguments, and a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics ensues.Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics.Political scienceUnited StatesHistoryFoundationalism (Theory of knowledge)IdeologyUnited StatesPolitics and governmentPolitical scienceHistory.Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge)Ideology.320.97301MG 70000rvkCeaser James W675757Rakove Jack N.1947-1088368Rosenblum Nancy L(Nancy Lipton),1947-844776Smith Rogers M.1953-323185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780762003321Nature and history in American political development3818447UNINA