Innovative Persuasions

Sorozatcím: Papers in English & American Studies XIII.

Alcím: Aspects of John C. Calhoun’s political thought

Szerző: Vajda Zoltán

Kiadás éve: 2007

ISBN 978 963 482 807 5

Súly: 292 g

Egyéb információk: 174 oldal, B/5, kartonált, fóliázott

CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Short Titles

Introduction

J. G. A. Pocock's theory of political langues

Chapter 1 Calhoun and Republican Tradition

Introduction

Republicanism in the history of the early republic

Republican Virtue and the Character of the Poeople

Military Virtue in Calhoun's Republicanism

Calhoun and the Mechanization of Virtue

The Virtue of the South

Calhoun's republican political economy

Chapter 2 Calhoun and Lockean Liberalism

Introduction

Calhoun and the Lockean state of nature

Liberty and rationality

Slavery, property, and government

The problem of majority rule

Chapter 3 The American Jeremiad in Calhoun's Political Rhetoric

Introduction

Calhoun and Providence

The concept of the American jeremiad

Calhoun's pre-Nullification jeremiads (1812–1828)

Calhoun's Nullfication jeremiads (1828–1833)

Calhoun's post-Nullfication jeremiads (1833–1850)

Conclusion

Bibliography

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index