LEADER 01895nam 2200445 450 001 9910814591603321 005 20220520041429.0 010 $a1-4422-6131-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000005387304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5423715 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5423715 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11576740 035 $a(OCoLC)1041062235 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005387304 100 $a20220520d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aLincoln $ethe ambiguous icon /$fSteven Johnston 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (241 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aModernity and political thought 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4422-6130-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLincoln'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. 330 $aIn this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincoln's thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity - enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of unprecedented challenges. 410 0$aModernity and political thought (Unnumbered) 676 $a973.7092 700 $aJohnston$b Steven$0117550 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814591603321 996 $aLincoln$93971983 997 $aUNINA