Reason and Republicanism

An international collection of the world's most distinguished historians and political philosophers takes a fresh look at the political, legal, and philosophical contributions of Thomas Jefferson. The insightful essays analyze and illuminate the sophisticated layers of the political and legal thought of America's most influential and intellectually complex Founder. With contributors that include Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Morton Frisch, Paul Rahe, James Stoner, Robert K. Faulkner, John Zvesper, Howard Temperly, Robert A. Rutland, Raoul Berger, Colin Bonwick, Peter Parish, Jeffrey Sedgwick, J. R. Pole, Richard King, and Jean M. Yarborough, this is essential reading for historians and political philosophers.

ISBN 0847685217   Pages 350 ISBN13 9780847685219 (What's this?)   Volumes 000 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield   Weight (grammes) 440 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield   Published in Lanham, MD Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 28 Jan 1997   Width (mm) 153 Library of Congress E332.2.R43   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY 973.46092   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21

		Acknowledgments
		Introduction by Gary L. McDowell		1
Pt. I		Thomas Jefferson and the Politics of Philosophy
1		Jefferson on Liberal Natural Rights by John Zvesper		15
2		Jefferson and the Enlightened Science of Liberty by Robert K. Faulkner		31
3		Jefferson's Machiavellian Moment by Paul A. Rahe		53
4		Jefferson and Slavery: A Study in Moral Perplexity by Howard Temperley		85
Pt. II		Thomas Jefferson, the Common Law, and Constitutionalism
5		Sound Whigs or Honeyed Tories? Jefferson and the Common Law Tradition by James R. Stoner		103
6		Jefferson's Greatest Vision: The Promise of the Bill of Rights by Robert A. Rutland		119
7		Jefferson and the Law by Raoul Berger		133
Pt. III		Thomas Jefferson and the Pursuit of Equality in American History
8		Jefferson as Nationalist by Colin Bonwick		149
9		A Respectful Revisionism: Lincoln and the Jeffersonian Legacy in the Civil War Era by Peter J. Parish		169
10		Jeffersonianism in the Progressive Era by Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick		189
11		Jeffersonianism and the New Deal by Morton J. Frisch		205
Pt. IV		Thomas Jefferson and the Pursuit of Equality in American Politics
12		Jefferson and the Pursuit of Equality by J. R. Pole		219
13		Civil Rights and Civil Religion: The Jeffersonian Legacy by Richard King		231
14		Women and Equality: Promise or Deception? by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese		251
15		The Moral Sense, Character Formation, and Virtue by Jean M. Yarbrough		271
		Index		305
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As more and more Americans become convinced of the need to devolve power away from Washington and back to the states and localities, our Jeffersonian inheritance once more becomes intensely relevant. By providing us with this marvelous collection of new interpretive essays, Gary McDowell and Sharon Noble put us all in their debt. -- Richard E. Morgan, Bowdoin College Thomas Jefferson was one of the greatest Americans, yet suffered from typical American faults. This fine collection looks for the man, and the nation, in Jefferson's ideas, bringing new studies of his thought and influence. -- Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard University ... this volume proves that serious, urbane scholarship on the Sage of Monticello can still be produced and published. The editors are to be commended for a fine volume of high quality that should grace many university, college, and private libraries. -- Garrett Ward Sheldon, Clinch Valley College, University of Virginia William and Mary Quarterly "Wide ranging and insightful..." -- Marion Rust Journal of American History ...outstanding for the diversity of topics it covers and the high quality of its essays that brilliantly frame and explore the many compartments and contradictions of the Virginian politician. -- Alberto Lena, University of Exeter History Of Political Thought A wonderfully rich collection of fresh, controversial, and deeply thought provoking essays on Jefferson. -- Thomas Pangle, University of Toronto The book presents an extremely nuanced portrait of Jefferson as an 'apostle of liberty'. -- J.R. Oldfield, University of Southampton

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