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The Genius of American Politics
Author | : Daniel J. Boorstin |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 1958-10-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780226064918 |
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How much of our political tradition can be absorbed and used by other peoples? Daniel Boorstin's answer to this question has been chosen by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for representation in American Panorama as one of the 350 books, old and new, most descriptive of life in the United States. He describes the uniqueness of American thought and explains, after a close look at the American past, why we have not produced and are not likely to produce grand political theories or successful propaganda. He also suggests what our attitudes must be toward ourselves and other countries if we are to preserve our institutions and help others to improve theirs. ". . . a fresh and, on the whole, valid interpretation of American political life."—Reinhold Niebuhr, New Leader
The Genius of America
Author | : Eric Lane,Michael Oreskes |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2010-08-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781596918399 |
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Due to a combination of heightened frustration, moves to skirt the constitutional process, and a widespread disconnect between the people and their constitutional "conscience," Lane and Oreskes warn us our longstanding Democracy is at risk. Together, they examine the Constitution's history relative to this current crisis, from its framing to its centuries-long success, including during some of the country's most turbulent and contentious times, and challenge us to let this great document work as it was designed-valuing political process over product. They hold our leaders accountable, calling on them to stop fanning the flames of division and to respect their institutional roles. In the final assessment, The Genius of America asks us to lean on the framers and their experience to secure our country's wellbeing.
The Genius of America
Author | : Stuart Pratt Sherman |
Publsiher | : The Minerva Group, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2001-05 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781589632820 |
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American Genius A Comedy
Author | : Lynne Tillman |
Publsiher | : Catapult |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2019-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781593763176 |
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Grand and minute, elegiac and hilarious, Lynne Tillman expands the possibilities of the American novel in this dazzling read about a former historian ruminating on her own life and the lives of others--named a best book of the century by Vulture. In the hypnotic, masterful American Genius, A Comedy, a former historian spending time in a residential home, mental institute, artist’s colony, or sanitarium, is spinning tales of her life and ruminating on her many and varied preoccupations: chair design, textiles, pet deaths, family trauma, a lost brother, the Manson family, the Zulu alphabet, loneliness, memory, and sensitive skin--and what “sensitivity” means in our culture and society. Showing what might happen if Jane Austen were writing in 21st-century America, Tillman fashions a microcosm of American democracy: a scholarly colony functioning like Melville's Pequod. All this is folded into the narrator's memories and emotional life, culminating in a seance that may offer escape and transcendence--or perhaps nothing at all. This new edition of a contemporary classic features an introduction by novelist Lucy Ives.
The Genius of America
Author | : János Zoltán Csák |
Publsiher | : Angelico Press |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2024-04-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9798892800167 |
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In this book, János Csák explores the enduring intellectual and spiritual legacy behind America's achievement, the very essence and history of the American genius. Americans see freedom as the ultimate human good, but it is precisely around the principle of freedom and its misuse that much drama has unfolded in recent years. This drama manifests in a creeping cognitive dissonance rationalizing (seemingly at every turn) practices and injustices that contradict America's original ideals. Yet The Genius of America stands firm as a confessional testimony to the belief that these ideals instill in most citizens the hope and belief that as members of their community they can still develop their talents, enjoy the fruits of their labor, and find meaning in their lives and efforts.
Ralph Ellison and the Genius of America
Author | : Timothy Parrish |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Ellison, Ralph |
ISBN | : 1558499210 |
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A provocative reappraisal of the legacy of a major American writer
The Strange Genius of Mr O
Author | : Carolyn Eastman |
Publsiher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2020-12-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781469660523 |
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When James Ogilvie arrived in America in 1793, he was a deeply ambitious but impoverished teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1817, he had become a bona fide celebrity known simply as Mr. O, counting the nation's leading politicians and intellectuals among his admirers. And then, like so many meteoric American luminaries afterward, he fell from grace. The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkable performer--a gaunt Scottish orator who appeared in a toga--and a story of the United States during the founding era. Ogilvie's career featured many of the hallmarks of celebrity we recognize from later eras: glamorous friends, eccentric clothing, scandalous religious views, narcissism, and even an alarming drug habit. Yet he captivated audiences with his eloquence and inaugurated a golden age of American oratory. Examining his roller-coaster career and the Americans who admired (or hated) him, this fascinating book renders a vivid portrait of the United States in the midst of invention.
The Genius of American Corporate Law
Author | : Roberta Romano |
Publsiher | : American Enterprise Institute |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0844738360 |
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This is a study of the structure of American corporate law, which combines economic analysis with empirical insights to produce a number of policy insights. It is suitable for anyone studying corporate law, securities regulation, comparative company law or federalism.