| Birth of American Political Thought 1763-87 1986 Edition Contributor(s): Howard, Dick (Author), Curtis, Trans David Ames (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333464931 ISBN-13: 9780333464939 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - European - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 320 |
| LCCN: 90206841 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.18 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What was 'revolutionary' in the process by which the thirteen North American colonies affirmed their independence? What is it about that 'revolution' that still colours the way in which Americans engage in politics? Dick Howard, author of The Marxian Legacy, Defining the Political and The Politics of Critique uses a similar framework to look at America. What is the political, how does a critique of the present become a politics for the future, and especially, what becomes of radical politics once it abandons the economistic promises of Marxism? This book originally published in French, as part of the political debate leading up to the bi-centenary of the French Revolution, was awarded the 'Prix Littraire de l'Association France-tats-Unis.' The present English edition includes a new Introduction and an Afterword relating the author's argument to the two crucial novelties of American politics: the invention of a party system, and the institution of judicial review. |