Political Philosophy and Cultural Renewal: Collected EssaysFrancis Graham Wilson, H. Lee Cheek, Jr., M. Susan Power, Kathy B. Cheek Transaction Publishers - 263 ページ Francis Graham Wilson was a central figure in the revival of interest in political philosophy and American political thought in the mid-twentieth century. While he is best known as a Catholic writer and conservative theorist, his most significant contribution is his original interpretation of the development of American politics. Central to his thought was a process of self-interpretation by the citizenry, a quest for ultimate meaning turning to a divine, transcendent, basis of history and shared experience. Although Wilson's writings were extensive and influential, they have not been readily available for decades. Political Philosophy and Cultural Renewal brings together a coherent and representative selection of his work, highlighting his concern for the common good and his belief in personal and societal restraint as an alternative to political partisanship and superficiality. Wilson's affirmation of a republican inheritance encourages contemporary students of politics to revisit the Founders' views of diffused political authority. His remarkable contribution to American political philosophy is a full-fledged theory of cultural renewal that has lost none of its relevance for contemporary political and social issues. This volume will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and American studies specialists. |
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... questions to the fun- damental issues of human life . Every view of politics implies a view of human nature and society ; each notion of human nature and soci- ety likewise has implications for politics . " Reason may discover and ...
... questions to the fun- damental issues of human life . Every view of politics implies a view of human nature and society ; each notion of human nature and soci- ety likewise has implications for politics . " Reason may discover and ...
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... question in his history of the American cultural tradition . That case , as he views it , asserted that free labor was cheaper , and that some slaves were exploited less than employed persons in the developing industrial North . He also ...
... question in his history of the American cultural tradition . That case , as he views it , asserted that free labor was cheaper , and that some slaves were exploited less than employed persons in the developing industrial North . He also ...
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... question the pro- priety of the quantitative analytical approaches to the study of pub- lic opinion , then his philosophical mode of inquiry should not be rejected out - of - hand by the quantifiers . What they did , instead , was to ...
... question the pro- priety of the quantitative analytical approaches to the study of pub- lic opinion , then his philosophical mode of inquiry should not be rejected out - of - hand by the quantifiers . What they did , instead , was to ...
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... questions finally be- come theological issues . Balmes , a Christian philosopher of history , advocated sober steps be ... question of what limitations one is giving to the people before tolerance is permitted . " 18 The conservative ...
... questions finally be- come theological issues . Balmes , a Christian philosopher of history , advocated sober steps be ... question of what limitations one is giving to the people before tolerance is permitted . " 18 The conservative ...
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... question , and certainly all individualistic theories must begin with it directly . What the defenders of democ- racy must have is a firm assurance of the dignity of man , and such assurance can be found only in some interpretation of ...
... question , and certainly all individualistic theories must begin with it directly . What the defenders of democ- racy must have is a firm assurance of the dignity of man , and such assurance can be found only in some interpretation of ...
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The Political Theory of Renewal and Conservation | 65 |
A Theory of Conservatism | 67 |
The Political Philosophy of Conservatism | 83 |
The Ethics of Political Conservatism | 105 |
The Emergence of a Conservative Realism | 121 |
On Jeffersonian Tradition | 151 |
Democratic Theory A Central Issue | 171 |
Ethics in the Study of Democratic Politics | 183 |
The Federalist on Public Opinion | 191 |
Pessimism in American Politics | 205 |
Notes from the Democratic Rhetoric | 223 |
A Wilson Checklist | 251 |
Index | 255 |
The Conservative in Crisis Notes on De Officiis | 129 |
Sources of Renewal in the American Political Mind | 149 |
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191 ページ - In a nation of philosophers, this consideration ought to be disregarded. A reverence for the laws, would be sufficiently inculcated by the voice of an enlightened reason. But a nation of philosophers is as little to be expected , as the philosophical race of Kings wished for by Plato. And in every other nation, the most rational Government will not find it a superfluous advantage to have the prejudices of the community on its side.
191 ページ - If it be true that all governments rest on opinion, it is no less true that the strength of opinion in each individual, and its practical influence on his conduct, depend much on the number which he supposes to have entertained the same opinion. The reason of man, like man himself, is timid and cautious, when left alone; and acquires firmness and confidence, in proportion to the number with which it is associated.
202 ページ - The primary inducement to conferring the power in question upon the Executive is, to enable him to defend himself; the secondary one is to increase the chances in favor of the community against the passing of bad laws, through haste, inadvertence, or design.
126 ページ - Out of a stem that scored the hand I wrung it in a weary land. But take it: if the smack is sour, The better for the embittered hour; It should do good to heart and head...