Verwandte Artikel zu Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independenc...
Inhaltsangabe
Troubled by the fact that so few Americans actually know what it says, Danielle Allen, a political philosopher renowned for her work on justice and citizenship, set out to explore the arguments of the Declaration, reading it with both adult night students and University of Chicago undergraduates. Keenly aware that the Declaration is riddled with contradictions liberating some while subjugating slaves and Native Americans Allen and her students nonetheless came to see that the Declaration makes a coherent and riveting argument about equality. They found not a historical text that required memorization, but an animating force that could and did transform the course of their everyday lives.Our DeclarationtheirOur DeclarationOur Declaration
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Críticas
At once simple, sharp and deftly executed. "
Reseña del editor
In just 1,337 words, the Declaration of Independence altered the course of history. Written in 1776, it is the most profound document in the history of government since the Magna Carta, signed nearly 800 years ago in 1215. Yet despite its paramount importance, the Declaration, curiously, is rarely read from start to finish much less understood. Troubled by the fact that so few Americans actually know what it says, Danielle Allen, a political philosopher renowned for her work on justice and citizenship, set out to explore the arguments of the Declaration, reading it with both adult night students and University of Chicago undergraduates. Keenly aware that the Declaration is riddled with contradictions liberating some while subjugating slaves and Native Americans Allen and her students nonetheless came to see that the Declaration makes a coherent and riveting argument about equality. They found not a historical text that required memorization, but an animating force that could and did transform the course of their everyday lives. In an "uncommonly elegant, incisive, and often poetic primer on America s cardinal text," Our Declaration now brings these insights to the general reader, illuminating the "three great themes of the Declaration: equality, liberty, and the abiding power of language" (David M. Kennedy). Vividly evoking the colonial world between 1774 and 1777, Allen describes the challenges faced by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston the "Committee of Five" who had to write a document that reflected the aspirations of a restive population and forge an unprecedented social contract. Although the focus is usually on Jefferson, Allen restores credit not only to John Adams and Richard Henry Lee but also to clerk Timothy Matlack and printer Mary Katherine Goddard. Allen also restores the astonishing text of the Declaration itself. Its list of self-evident truths does not end, as so many think, with our individual right to the "pursuit of happiness" but with the collective right of the people to reform government so that it will "effect their Safety and Happiness." The sentence laying out the self-evident truths leads us from the individual to the community from our individual rights to what we can achieve only together, as a community constituted by bonds of equality. Challenging so much of our conventional political wisdom, Our Declaration boldly makes the case that we cannot have freedom as individuals without equality among us as a people. With its cogent analysis and passionate advocacy, Our Declaration thrillingly affirms the continuing relevance of America s founding text, ultimately revealing what democracy actually means and what it asks of us."
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
- VerlagNorton & Company
- Erscheinungsdatum2014
- ISBN 10 087140690X
- ISBN 13 9780871406903
- EinbandTapa dura
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten315
- Kontakt zum HerstellerNicht verfügbar
Suchergebnisse für Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independenc...
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Verlag:
Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014
ISBN 10: 087140690X
ISBN 13: 9780871406903
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.4. Artikel-Nr. G087140690XI3N01
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Verlag:
Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014
ISBN 10: 087140690X
ISBN 13: 9780871406903
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.4. Artikel-Nr. G087140690XI3N01
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Verlag:
Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014
ISBN 10: 087140690X
ISBN 13: 9780871406903
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.4. Artikel-Nr. G087140690XI5N10
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration : A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equali
Verlag:
Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014
ISBN 10: 087140690X
ISBN 13: 9780871406903
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Artikel-Nr. 8262399-75
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration : a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality.
Anbieter: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Verkäuferbewertung 4 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: as new. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 320 pp. Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index. - Part I. Origins -- Night teaching -- Patrimony -- Loving democracy -- Animating the Declaration -- Part II. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? -- The writer -- The politicos -- The Committee -- The editors -- The people -- Part III. The art of democratic writing -- On memos -- On moral sense -- On doing things with words -- On words and power -- Part IV. Reading the course of events -- When in the course of human events. -- Just another word for river -- One people -- We are your equals -- An echo -- Part V. Facing necessity -- .it becomes necessary. -- The laws of nature -- And nature's god -- Kinds of necessity -- Part VI. Matters of principle -- We hold these truths. -- Sound bites -- Sticks and stones -- Self-interest? -- Self-evidence -- Magic tricks -- The creator -- Creation -- Beautiful optimism -- Part VII. Matters of fact -- Prudence. -- Dreary pessimism -- Life's turning points -- Tyranny -- Facts? -- Life histories -- Plagues -- Portrait of a tyrant -- The thirteenth way of looking at a tyrant -- The use and abuse of history -- Dashboards -- On potlucks -- If actions speak louder than words. -- Responsiveness -- Part VIII. Drawing conclusions -- We must, therefore, acquiesce. -- Friends, enemies, and blood relations -- On oath -- Real equality -- What's in a name? Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780871406903. Keywords : RECHT, Artikel-Nr. 278218
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration â" A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR007138000
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Good. Good condition. Like New dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Artikel-Nr. X02A-03669
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Used - Very Good. 2014. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good. Artikel-Nr. SOL21331
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar