Reading Obama : dreams, hope, and the American political tradition / James T. Kloppenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kloppenberg, James T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack--Philosophy.

Obama, Barack.

Obama, Barack--Knowledge and learning.

Obama, Barack--Knowledge--History.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Barack Obama puzzles observers. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Obama does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Instead, his writings and speeches reflect a principled aversion to absolutes that derives from sustained engagement with American democratic thought. Reading Obama traces the origins of his ideas and establishes him as the most penetrating political thinker elected to the presidency in the past century. James T. Kloppenberg demonstrates the influences that have shaped Obama's distinctive worldview, including Nietzsche and Niebuhr

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Education of Barack Obama; Chapter 2: From Universalism to Paticularism; Chapter 3: Obama's American History; Conclusion: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition; Essay on Sources; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-72192-5

9786612721922

1-4008-3605-0

OCLC:

671644375