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Confronting the Constitution : the challenge to Locke, Montesquieu, Jefferson, and the Federalists from utilitarianism, historicism, Marxism, Freudianism, pragmatism, existentialism / edited by Allan Bloom ; with the assistance of Steven J. Kautz.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- AEI studies ; 496
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--United States--History.
- Political science.
- Liberalism--History.
- Liberalism.
- Natural law--History.
- Natural law.
- Constitutional law--United States--Philosophy.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 552 pages).
- Other Title:
- Confronting the Constitution
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1992.
- Contents:
- The philosophic understandings of human nature informing the constitution / Thomas L. Pangle
- The political theory of the constitution / David F. Epstein
- Jefferson's pulse of republican reformation / Ralph Lerner
- The social theory of the founders / Nathan Tarcov
- The Scottish enlightenment and the liberal political tradition / Frank D. Balog
- Rousseau-the turning point / Allan Bloom
- Utilitarianism and the constitution / Joseph Hamburger
- Idealism / Susan Shell
- Historicism and the constitution / Fred Baumann
- Capitalism / Mark F. Plattner. Reflections on Marxism and America / W.R. Newell
- Freud and the American constitution / Joel Schwartz
- Pragmatism and the U.S. constitution / James H. Nichols
- Existentialism and democracy / Werner J. Dannhauser
- Social science and the constitution / Harvey C. Mansfield
- Neoconstitutionalism? Rawls, Dworkin, and Nozick / Clifford Orwin and James R. Stoner.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
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