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Allegories of America : narratives, metaphysics, politics by Frederick M. Dolan; National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Allegories of America : narratives, metaphysics, politics about?
__Allegories of America__ offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the metaphysics of American-ness and stops along the way to reflect on John Winthrop, the Constitution, 1950s behavioralist social science, James Merrill, and William Burroughs.
Who reads Allegories of America : narratives, metaphysics, politics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Frederick M. Dolan; National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501726248
- Category
- nonfiction
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