From the author of "For Common Things": a provocative look at the
meaning of American freedom.
Freedom is at the heart of the American identity, shaping both
personal lives and political values. The ideal of authoring one's
own life has inspired the country's best and worst moments--courage
and emancipation, but also fear, delusion, and pointless war.
This duality is America's story, from slavery to the progressive
reforms of the early twentieth century, from the New Deal to the
social movements of the 1960s and today's battles over climate
change. The arc has been toward expanding freedom as new
generations press against inherited boundaries. But economic forces
beyond our control undercut our ideas of self-mastery. Realizing
our ideals of freedom today requires the political vision to reform
the institutions we share.
Jedidiah Purdy works from the stories of individuals: Frederick
Douglass urging Americans to extend freedom to slaves; Ralph Waldo
Emerson arguing for self-fulfillment as an essential part of
liberty; reformers and presidents struggling to redefine
citizenship in a fast-changing world. He asks crucial questions:
Does capitalism perfect or destroy freedom? Does freedom mean
following tradition, God's word, or one's own heart? Can a nation
of individualists also be a community of citizens? "A Tolerable
Anarchy" is a book of history that speaks plainly to our lives
today, urging us to explore our understanding of our country and
ourselves, and to make real our own ideals of freedom.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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