Gods, judges, and presidents trifunctional archetypes in American law and government Charles Lincoln

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lincoln, Charles (Charles Edward Andrew), IV, 1992- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Philosophy.

Separation of powers.

Political culture.

Mythology--Political aspects.

Political psychology.

Comparative government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York Bloomsbury Publishing 2026

Summary:

"Charles Lincoln interprets the U.S. Constitution through the mythic and psychological lens of Georges Dumézil’s trifunctional framework—priest, warrior, and producer—linking it to thinkers like Homer, Plato, Freud, and Montesquieu. Rather than viewing the federal structure as a mere legal arrangement, the book reveals how judicial, executive, and legislative powers reflect enduring cultural archetypes, offering a fresh perspective on constitutional legitimacy, the separation of powers, and civic identity"-- Bloomsbury Collections

Contents:

The US Constitution’s three parts A Homeric analysis of the US Constitution : a poetic paradigm to interpret the US Constitution The soul of the republic Montesquieu and the French government (Ancien Régime) Polybius-The Constitution of the Roman Republic : a counter argument to the “three parts” of government in the US Constitution

A Freudian psychoanalytic etiology of the US Constitution : another paradigm to interpret the US Constitution

A Dumézilian trifunctionalist analysis of the US Constitution

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed May 12, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Lincoln, Charles Gods, judges, and presidents

ISBN:

9798216265559

9798881896133

9781978762312

1978762313

OCLC:

1587070961

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license