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Bücher der Reihe American Intellectual Culture

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  • - The Making of a Democratic Intellectual
    von Peter S. Field
    69,00 €

    Peter S. Field contends that Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's first democratic intellectual and a democrat in two senses: his writings are imbued with an optimistic, confident ethos; and, more importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by bringing culture to all Americans.

  • - The Paradox of Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World
    von David Steigerwald
    79,00 €

  • - Lester Frank Ward and American Political Thought, 1841-1913
    von Edward C. Rafferty
    93,00 €

    Lester Frank Ward is regarded as one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. This work covers how Ward's thought laid the foundations for the modern administrative state, and brings out his contributions to 20th century American liberalism.

  • - America's Search for a Creation Story
    von Karl W. Giberson & Donald A. Yerxa
    66,00 €

    Since the late-19th century, the USA has not been able to agree on a common creation story. The authors of this study explain that much of this stems from the reality that Americans rely on two competing worldviews: modern naturalistic science and traditional Judeo-Christian religions.

  • - Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians?
    von Tevi Troy
    53,00 €

    This text examines the complex relationships between Presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960.

  • von Ronald J. Pestritto
    80,00 - 219,00 €

    Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J.

  • - The American Search for Cultural Authority
    von Professor Roger Lundin
    71,00 - 101,00 €

    Traces how pragmatism and its reliance on experience eclipsed nature and religion as the ultimate moral authority. The author explores why Americans prize experience as highly as they do, what they build out of it in works of culture and their daily lives, and where people might turn when they reach the limits of experience.

  • - From His Times to Ours
    von Matthew J. Mancini
    176,00 €

    Comprehensive in its chronology, the works it discusses, and the commentators it critically examines, Alexis de Tocqueville and American Intellectuals tells the surprising story of Tocqueville's reception in American thought and culture from the time of his 1831 visit to the United States to the turn of the twenty-first century.

  • - Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges
    von Jr. Hoeveler & J. David
    87,00 €

    Present a synthetic treatment of the colonial colleges, tracing their role in the intellectual development of early America through the American Revolution. This work focuses on Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, the College of New Jersey (Princeton), King's College (Columbia), the College of Philadelphia (Penn), among others.

  • von D. G. Hart
    67,00 - 100,00 €

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