The Lost Soul of American Politics Virtue, Self-Interest, and the Foundations of Liberalism

John P. Diggins

University of Chicago Press Edition

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The Lost Soul of American Politics is a provocative new interpretation of American political thought from the Founding Fathers to the Neo-Conservatives. Reassessing the motives and intentions of such great political thinkers as Madison, Thoreau, Lincoln, and Emerson, John P. Diggins shows how these men struggled to create an alliance between the politics of self-interest and a religious sense of moral responsibility-a tension that still troubles us today.

Book information

ISBN:	9780226148779
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Imprint:	The University of Chicago Press
Pub date:	01 Aug 1986
Edition:	University of Chicago Press Edition
DEWEY:	320.510973
DEWEY edition:	19
Language:	English
Number of pages:	409
Weight:	646g
Height:	152mm
Width:	230mm
Spine width:	31mm