UID:
almafu_9961152798402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (241 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
1-4422-6131-5
Serie:
Modernity and political thought
Inhalt:
In this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincoln's thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity - enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of unprecedented challenges.
Anmerkung:
Includes index.
,
Lincoln's ambiguity -- Lincoln's decisionism and the politics of elimination -- Democratic ironies of Lincoln's cinematic exceptionalism -- A "humble offering": the (first) Lincoln memorial -- Lincoln's persistent racial ambivalence: colonization -- What to the Indian is the Gettysburg Address? -- American exceptionalism or American narcissism? The second inaugural -- Lincoln's tragic revenge.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-4422-6130-7
Sprache:
Englisch
