03676nam 2200685 450 991081462960332120230725055456.01-5017-5687-71-60909-016-010.1515/9781501756870(CKB)3710000000274812(EBL)3382582(SSID)ssj0001339430(PQKBManifestationID)11738268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001339430(PQKBWorkID)11349969(PQKB)11021667(MiAaPQ)EBC3382582(OCoLC)747306215(MdBmJHUP)muse29634(Au-PeEL)EBL3382582(CaPaEBR)ebr10950066(OCoLC)923310948(DE-B1597)572282(DE-B1597)9781501756870(EXLCZ)99371000000027481220141015h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClaiming Lincoln progressivism, equality, and the battle for Lincoln's legacy in Presidential rhetoric /Jason R. Jividen ; Shaun Allshouse, designDeKalb, Illinois :Northern Illinois University Press,2011.©20111 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87580-435-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lincoln and the idea of equality -- Theodore Roosevelt's Lincoln -- Woodrow Wilson's Lincoln -- Franklin Roosevelt's Lincoln -- Lyndon Johnson's Lincoln -- Barack Obama's Lincoln.Abraham Lincoln is clearly one of the most frequently cited figures in American political rhetoric, especially with regard to issues of equality. But given the ubiquity of Lincoln's legacy, many references to him, even on the presidential level, are often of questionable accuracy. In Claiming Lincoln, Jividen posits that in much twentieth-century presidential rhetoric, especially from progressive leaders, Lincoln's understanding of equality is slowly divorced from its grounding in the natural rights thinking of the American Founding and reinterpreted in light of progressive history. Claiming Lincoln examines the manner in which rhetoricians have appealed to Lincoln's legacy, only to distort that legacy in the process. Focusing on Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson and touching on Barack Obama, Jividen argues that presidential rhetorical use and abuse of Lincoln has profound consequences not only for how we understand Lincoln but also for how we understand American democracy. Jividen's original take on Lincoln and the Progressives will be of interest to scholars of American politics and all those invested in Lincoln's legacy.PresidentsUnited StatesHistoryPresidentsUnited StatesLanguageHistoryRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryPolitical oratoryUnited StatesHistoryAmerican political rhetoric about Lincoln, Lincoln’s rhetoric, Lincoln and twentieth-century presidential rhetoric, rhetoric from progressive leaders.PresidentsHistory.PresidentsLanguageHistory.RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory.Political oratoryHistory.352.23/90973Jividen Jason R.1643373Allshouse Shaun MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814629603321Claiming Lincoln3988592UNINA