This book presents a provocative account of James Madison's
political thought by focusing on Madison's lifelong encounter with
the enduring problem of constitutional imperfection. In particular,
it emphasizes Madison's alliance with Thomas Jefferson, liberating
it from those long-standing accounts of Madisonian
constitutionalism that emphasize deliberation by elites and
constitutional veneration. Contrary to much of the scholarship,
this book shows that Madison was aware of the limits of the
inventions of political science and held a far more subtle
understanding of the possibility of constitutional government than
has been recognized. By repositioning Madison as closer to
Jefferson and the Revolution of 1800, this book offers a
reinterpretation of one of the central figures of the early
republic.
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