01895nam 2200445 450 991079694860332120220520041429.01-4422-6131-5(CKB)4100000005387304(MiAaPQ)EBC5423715(Au-PeEL)EBL5423715(CaPaEBR)ebr11576740(OCoLC)1041062235(EXLCZ)99410000000538730420220520d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLincoln the ambiguous icon /Steven JohnstonLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,[2018]©20181 online resource (241 pages) illustrationsModernity and political thoughtIncludes index.1-4422-6130-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Modernity and political thought (Unnumbered)973.7092Johnston Steven117550MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796948603321Lincoln3700145UNINA