American Burke : The Uncommon Liberalism of Daniel Patrick Moynihan / Greg Weiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiner, Greg.

Series:

American political thought.

American political thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797--Political and social views.

Burke, Edmund.

Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003--Political and social views.

Moynihan, Daniel P.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

United States.

Scholars--United States--Biography.

Scholars.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Liberalism--United States.

Liberalism.

United States--Social policy--Philosophy.

United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 189 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is the first book to analyze the political thought of the scholar-statesman Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003), who was eulogized by the Economist as 'a philosopher-politician-diplomat who two centuries earlier would not have been out of place among the Founding Fathers.' Identifying the New Yorker as a 'Burkean liberal' who believed that government does have an important role to play yet should acknowledge its own limitations and society's complexity, Greg Weiner suggests that America's shriveled political conversation would be enriched by thinking like Moynihan's"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: "And you still break stone"

The central truths

Poverty and problems poorly stated

The United States in aspiration

Toward a Burkean liberalism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-2349-3

OCLC:

904931117