Publication

2006-10-01 - University Press of Kentucky

Language

English

Word Count

61,250 words, Guess

Page Count

245 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

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Classifications

  • LCCJA84.U5 S514 2006

Description

By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a powerful polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro demonstrates how history, architecture, film, music, literature, and art are valuable resources that help us comprehend several viewpoints of American political thought from the founding to the present. Exploring s.

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  • Deforming American Political Thought: Ethnicity, Facticity, And GenreHardcoverUniversity Press of Kentucky2006-10-01

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