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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781442652989
035			_a(DE-B1597)479235
035			_a(OCoLC)992273459
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082	0	4	_a320.5/1/0973
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aColeman, Frank _eautore
245	1	0	_aHobbes and America : _bExploring the Constitutional Foundations / _cFrank Coleman.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c[1977]
264		4	_c©1977
300			_a1 online resource (170 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aHeritage
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThis path-breaking study seriously shakes the credibility of the prevalent interpretations of American government and politics. It exposes the real American constitutional morality, one embodied in a code adhered to by those in political life.Frank Coleman makes a persuasive case that the real roots of the American political system are in Hobbes, and not, as is usually thought, in Locke. He shows that a Hobbesian interpretation fits the transactional, bargaining, or conflict-management nature of American politics pointed out by all the empirical political scientists, although this viewpoint is incompatible with the leading philosophical interpretations of American constitutionalism.In so far as the American system and its rationale are Hobbesian, they are thereby incapable of resolving social conflicts and of pursuing any common good. The leading theories, particularly the reformist theories, are unable to absorb the teachings of empirical political science - and to such an extent that one can speak of a pattern of political schizophrenia prevailing in the political science profession.Coleman is no naive iconoclast: he has a thorough grasp and appreciation of the traditions of political theory from Aristotle to Oakeshott: he dissects his material meticulously, with coherence and integrity. His synthesis of empirical and philosophical studies of political life sharpens our perceptions and forces a re-evaluation of certain ideas and well-entrenched notions. Hobbes and America has serious implications for understanding both American politics and, more generally, western political experience and thought.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650		0	_aLiberalism _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPolitical science _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		4	_aDISCOUNT-B.
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / Political. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442652989
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442652989/original
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