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Lincoln's Political Thought

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Description for Lincoln's Political Thought Hardcover. At the center of Lincoln's political thought and career is an intense passion for equality that runs so deep in the speeches, messages, and letters that it has the force of religious conviction for Lincoln. George Kateb examines these writings to reveal that this passion explains Lincoln's reverence for both the Constitution and the Union. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWJ; HPQ; HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.

One of the most influential philosophers of liberalism turns his attention to the complexity of Lincoln’s political thought. At the center of Lincoln’s career is an intense passion for equality, a passion that runs so deep in the speeches, messages, and letters that it has the force of religious conviction for Lincoln. George Kateb examines these writings to reveal that this passion explains Lincoln’s reverence for both the Constitution and the Union.

The abolition of slavery was not originally a tenet of Lincoln’s political religion. He affirmed almost to the end of his life that the preservation of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674368163
SKU
V9780674368163
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Ref
99-50

About George Kateb
George Kateb is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Emeritus, Princeton University.

Reviews for Lincoln's Political Thought
It is a delicate moral exercise, Kateb’s attempt to affirm Lincoln’s greatness while nonetheless chastening our idolatry and leaving us with a troubling image of ourselves. There are few writers since Emerson who have even attempted this sort of thing, let alone succeeded at it…Kateb refuses to simplify. The words in his book both bleed and provoke; his double-edged honesty ... Read more

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