Pragmatism, politics, and perversity [[electronic resource] ] : democracy and the American party battle / / Joseph L. Esposito

• Autore: Esposito Joseph L. <1941->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.273
• Soggetto topico: Political parties - United States - History; Democracy - United States; Pragmatism - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Introduction -- Pragmatism and the democracy project -- Pragmatic political history -- A foundation on a serbonian bog -- Market state and nation state -- A judiciary for the market state -- Rogue justice -- Too much democracy -- Judicial review as ideology -- Religion and race -- Old wine in new bottles -- Rewriting history -- The great Kansas charade -- Free labor and the economics of slavery -- Civil War -- Disorder in the court -- Understanding the party battle -- Free speech in the age of the big megaphone.
• Sommario/riassunto: A philosophical yet detailed history of the American party battle explaining why partisan debate is so perverse and how it could be made less so. Building upon the heritage of American pragmatism, from Peirce to Rorty and the new pragmatists, as well as the work of historian Charles Beard, the book identifies that battle as a struggle between nation state and market state, with special emphasis on the perversity of Civil War politics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pragmatism, politics, and perversity
• ISBN: 1-280-84418-3; 9786613711588; 0-7391-7364-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818617403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II