The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics: The Modest Republic

by M. Federici (Editor), R. Gamble (Editor), M. Mitchell (Editor)

Overview

By identifying and illustrating aspects of American culture that are out of sync with the modest republicanism that gave rise to the United States in the late eighteenth century, the contributors to this volume expose the vulgarity and excess of American culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349343478
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	04/29/2013
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ralph Ancil, Geneva College, USA Jeremy Beer, American Philanthropic, USA Gregory S. Butler, New Mexico State University, USA Michael P. Federici, Mercyhurst University, USA Richard M. Gamble, Hillsdale College, USA Justin Garrison, Catholic University of America, USA Gary L. Gregg II, University of Louisville, USA Darryl Hart, Hillsdale College, USA Robert C. Koons, University of Texas at Austin, USA Jeffrey Polet, Hope College, USA Brian Patrick Mitchell, USA Mark T. Mitchell, Patrick Henry College, USA Claes G. Ryn, Catholic University of America, USA

Table of Contents

1. Messianic Hoax and the Quest for Empire; R.M.Gamble 2. Journalism; R.Dreher 3. The Architecture of Empire; D.Lee 4. The Politics of Modesty and the Problem of Scale; M.T.Mitchell 5. The Rise of Therapeutic Culture and the End of the Modest Republic; J.Beer 6. Religion and the Modest Republic; D.Hart 7. Popular Culture; A.Esolen 8. The Immodesty of American Empire: A Constitutionalist Perspective on Neo-Jacobin Universalism; C.G.Ryn 9. Can there be a Modest Presidency in a Modest Republic?; G.L.Gregg 10. Ethical Center of Modest Republicanism; M.P.Federici 11. A Humane Economy; R.Ancil 12. Debt and the Loss of Moderation; B.P.Mitchell 13. Higher Education; R.Koons 14. Education; J.Polet

Editorial Reviews

"The theme of the United States as a Republic turned Empire is depressingly familiar these days, but those who cheer or damn the imperial turn focus almost exclusively on war and diplomacy. Largely missing from the debate has been analysis of how the needs of empire can corrupt domestic institutions and culture. The authors in this provocative anthology succeed in filling that gap by asking not only what the United States became, but what Americans lost when their Constitutional, federal, more or less pious, and modest republic ceased to exist." - Walter A. McDougall, Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, USA

"Citing eminent authorities ranging from Russell Kirk to Bruce Springsteen, this cogent collection of essays offers a bracing rebuttal to the militarists and imperialists seemingly intent on driving America into the abyss." - Andrew J. Bacevich, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War

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