"This is a good book. Its topic and argument are ambitious but the
book is short and clear."
--"Thesis Eleven"
This concise, comprehensive primer on modern American social and
political thought is the ideal introduction to the rich
intellectual tradition of the United Sates. Andreas Hess helps the
reader to understand of American culture and politics through
careful exploration of key and theorists. In the first half of the
book he focuses on the core traditions of American social and
political thoughtAmerican exceptionalism, Calvinist Protestantism,
republicanism, liberalism and 20th century pragmatism. The second
half of the book applies these traditions to a broad range of 20th
century conditions and issuespower and democracy, justice and
injustice, multiculturalism and pluralism, civil society, social
theory and the role of the intellectual. The works of some of the
most influential figures in the field, such as De Tocqueville,
Lipset, Arendt, Hartz, Pocock, Dewey, Moore, Rawls, Walzer, Rorty
and Alexander, are drawn upon to illustrate the theories and issues
being discussed. Accessibly written and jargon free, this treatment
will be useful for students and scholars alike.
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