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" A vast workit illuminates the whole range of American political thought and its background ." -- Louis Hartz This is a comprehensive and original interpretation of the whole of American historical and political thought, from 17th-century white Puritanism to 20th-century Black Pantherism. It offers a critique of the liberal tradition and a new social philosophy for the future based on the long-cherished ideal of the past: fraternity, a relation of affection founded on shared values and goals. This is a study of the idea of fraternity both as philosophic abstraction and as social-psychological reality in the American historical experience. In one sense, it is a long and sustained reflection on the American political tradition, with side glances at other cultures and other traditions; in another sense, it is an impressive beginning at an original and quite comprehensive theory of politics, rooted in a new reading of virtually every conceivable relevant source. Fraternity is a permanent social and psychological necessity of human development, yet one that is discouraged and inhibited by the institutions and processes of modern industrial societies. In American, two cultural tradition

Who reads The idea of fraternity in America?

Author

Wilson C. McWilliams; Wilson C.. McWilliams; Wilson Carey Mac Williams

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520016507

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Travel, History