ISBN: 9780526912674

Orestes Brownson's The American Republic was first published in 1865. The nation had just survived a Civil War that threatened to destroy the very life of a country less than one hund… mais…

Orestes Brownson's The American Republic was first published in 1865. The nation had just survived a Civil War that threatened to destroy the very life of a country less than one hundred years old. In this magisterial work, Brownson emerges as a political realist as well as a theorist. With brilliant and sobering thought Brownson presents his views on the nature, necessity, extent, authority, origin, and constitution of government in the light of the problems caused by secession and reconstruction. He urges his countrymen to consider their nation's role and impact on world history as he outlines for them the political and religious destiny of a government with no prototype in any prior constitution. If the Federalist Papers of Madison, Hamilton, and Jay are among the best philosophical expositions of America's form of government at its founding, The American Republic of Brownson ought to enjoy a similar evaluation as a philosophical exposition of the union restored after the Civil War. This assessment is strongly reinforced by a major new evaluation of Brownson's enduring genius-and continuing relevance-by noted political philosopher Peter Augustine Lawler. Lawler's introduction constitutes a mini-book in itself, and will enrich the encounter of modern readers with the achievement of Orestes Brownson, a highly original American mind. About the AuthorsOrestes Brownson (1803-1876) was one of the nineteenth century's most fascinating-and mercurial-writers. A journalist, editor, apologist, and political philosopher, Brownson's intellectual restlessness launched him on a spiritual journey that led him through Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, Universalism, humanitarianism, and Unitarianism to, ultimately, Roman Catholicism. Sometimes referred to as America's John Henry Newman, The American Republic is his classic text. Peter Augustine Lawler is Dana Professor of Government at Berry College in Georgia. He is author or editor of nine books, including Aliens in America: The Strange Truth about Our Souls, and executive editor of the quarterly journal Perspectives on Political Science. Gregory Butler is Associate Professor of Government at New Mexico State University. He is the author of In Search of the American Spirit: The Political Thought of Orestes Brownson. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>World History>World Hist>World History, Creative Media Partners, LLC Core >1<

ISBN: 9780526912674

The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny American-Republic~~Orestes-A-Brownson World History>World Hist>World History Paperback, Creative Media Partners, LLC