Bibliograph

The rediscovery of America, essays by Harry V. Jaffa on the new birth of politics, edited by Edward J. Erler and Ken Masugi

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The rediscovery of America, essays by Harry V. Jaffa on the new birth of politics, edited by Edward J. Erler and Ken Masugi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rediscovery of America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1054266501

Responsibility statement

edited by Edward J. Erler and Ken Masugi

Sub title

essays by Harry V. Jaffa on the new birth of politics

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Aristotle and Locke in the American founding -- Equality, liberty, wisdom, morality, and consent in the idea of political freedom -- Humanizing certitudes and impoverishing doubts : a critique of The closing of the American mind by Allan Bloom -- The Reichstag is still burning : the failure of higher education and the decline of the West : a valedictory lecture -- The end of history means the end of freedom -- The American founding as the best regime : the bonding of civil and religious liberty -- The decline and fall of the American idea : reflections on the failure of American conservatism -- Thomas Aquinas meets Thomas Jefferson -- Dred Scott revisited -- Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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