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Sentimental Democracy (Paperback, First)
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Sentimental Democracy (Paperback, First)
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The provocative interpretation of American political rhetoric
Americans like to use words of sentiment and sympathy, passion and
power, to explain their democracy. In a provocative new work,
Andrew Burstein examines the metaphorically rich language which
Americans developed to express their guiding principle: that the
New World would improve upon the Old. In journals, letters,
speeches, and books, an impassioned rhetoric of "feeling" set the
tone for American patriotism.
Burstein shows how the eighteenth century "culture of sensibility"
encouraged optimism about a global society: the new nation would
succeed. Americans believed, as much by sublime feeling as by
intellectual achievement or political liberty. As they grew more
self-confident, this pacific ideal acquired teeth: noble Washington
and humane Jefferson yielded to boisterous Jackson, and the
language of gentle feeling to the force of Manifest Destiny. Yet
Americans never stopped celebrating what they believed was their
innate impulse to do good.
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