Nature and History in American Political Development: A Debate

by James W. Ceaser

Book Overview

In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, political scientist James Ceaser traces the way certain ideas, including nature, history, and religion--which he calls foundational ideas--have been understood and used by statesmen and public intellectuals over the course of American history, from the Puritans to the current day. Ceaser treats these ideas not as pure concepts of philosophy or theology, but rather as elements of political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067402723X
• ISBN13: 9780674027237
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.3"