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<p>Forty years ago Louis Hartz surveyed American political thought in his classic <i>The Liberal Tradition in America.</i> He concluded that American politics was based on a broad liberal consensus made possible by a unique American historical experience, a thesis that seemed to minimize the role of political conflict.Today, with conflict on the rise and with much of liberalism in disarray, James P. Young revisits these questions to reevaluate Hartz’s interpretation of American politics. Young’s treatment of key movements in our history, especially Puritanism and republicanism’s early contribution to the Revolution and the Constitution, demonstrates in the spirit of Dewey and others that the liberal tradition is richer and more complex than Hartz and most contemporary theorists have allowed.The breadth of Young’s account is unrivaled. <i>Reconsidering American Liberalism</i> gives voice not just to Locke, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, Lincoln, and Dewey but also to Rawls, Shklar, Kateb, Wolin, and Walzer. In addition to broad discussions of all the major figures in over 300 years of political thought—with Lincoln looming particularly large—Young touches upon modern feminism and con

Author

James P. Young

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813306476

Subjects

Political Science, History, Humanities

Rating

3 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14