Allegories of America: Narratives, Metaphysics, Politics

by Frederick M Dolan and Frederick M. Dolan

Book Overview

Allegories of America offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the metaphysics of American-ness and stops along the way to reflect on John Winthrop, the Constitution, 1950s behavioralist social science, James Merrill, and William Burroughs.

The pressing problem, in Dolan's view, is how to find...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150172780X
• ISBN13: 9781501727801
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher