The Lost Soul of American Politics: Virtue, Self-Interest, and the Foundations of Liberalism

by John Patrick Diggins

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The Lost Soul of American Politics is a provocative new interpretation of American political thought from the Founding Fathers to the Neo-Conservatives. Reassessing the motives and intentions of such great political thinkers as Madison, Thoreau, Lincoln, and Emerson, John P. Diggins shows how these men struggled to create an alliance between the politics of self-interest and a religious sense of moral responsibility--a tension that still troubles...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226148777

ISBN13:9780226148779

Release Date:August 1986

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:424 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Americas Conservatism & Liberalism History Humanities Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences World

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