Reason and Republicanism: Thomas Jefferson's Legacy of LibertyAn 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. |
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Contents
Introduction | |
Thomas Jefferson and the Politics of Philosophy | 9 |
Jefferson on Liberal Natural Rights | 11 |
Jefferson and the Enlightened Science of Liberty | 27 |
Jeffersons Machiavellian Moment | 49 |
Jefferson and Slavery A Study in Moral Perplexity | 79 |
Thomas Jefferson the Common Law and Constitutionalism | 95 |
Sound Whigs or Honeyed Tories? Jefferson and the Common Law Tradition | 97 |
A Respectful Revisionism Lincoln and the Jeffersonian Legacy in the Civil War Era | 161 |
Jeffersonianism in the Progressive Era | 181 |
Jeffersonianism and the New Deal | 197 |
Thomas Jefferson and the Pursuit of Equality in American Politics | 209 |
Jefferson and the Pursuit of Equality | 211 |
Civil Rights and Civil Religion The Jeffersonian Legacy | 223 |
Women and Equality Promise or Deception? | 243 |
The Moral Sense Character Formation and Virtue | 263 |
Jeffersons Greatest Vision The Promise of the Bill of Rights | 113 |
Jefferson and the Law | 127 |
Thomas Jefferson and the Pursuit of Equality in American History | 141 |
Jefferson as Nationalist | 143 |
Index | 297 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Reason and Republicanism: Thomas Jefferson's Legacy of Liberty G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Editors | Gary L. McDowell, Sharon L. Noble |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0847685217, 9780847685219 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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