The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tradition Paperback - 1995
by Willmoore Kendall; George W. Carey
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- Title The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tradition
- Author Willmoore Kendall; George W. Carey
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 200
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Catholic University of America Press, Washington DC
- Date 1995
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0813208262I3N00
- ISBN 9780813208268 / 0813208262
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.49 x 5.62 x 0.59 in (21.56 x 14.27 x 1.50 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94039960
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.973
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When it was first published twenty-five years ago, this classic work of political theory gained notoriety because neither its approach nor its interpretations readily fit into any of the major schools of thought dealing with the American political tradition. More significantly, its arguments challenged core tenets of what had become received wisdom concerning the roots of our political beliefs and institutions. Willmoore Kendall and George W. Carey argue that a new, largely contrived political tradition has gained currency in many legal, academic, and political circles. This new tradition, set forth by Lincoln in his Gettysburg address, holds that our fundamental political ideas are derived from the Bill of Rights and the "all men are created equal" clause of the Declaration of Independence. Proponents of this view not only champion individual rights but also believe that the achievement of a broadly defined equality represents a binding but as yet unfulfilled promise made by the American people in the Declaration. Kendall and Carey instead maintain that one must look to the founding era and its key documents in order to understand our indigenous political tradition. In so doing, one sees that the right of the people to govern themselves, rather than the concept of individual rights, is at the heart of the American political tradition. Using the analytical approach developed by Eric Voegelin, the authors examine the documents that are vital to an understanding of our political origins: the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the Massachusetts Body of Liberties, the Virginia Bill of Rights, the Constitution itself, and the Federalist Papers. At the same time, theyconsider questions highly relevant to the subsequent course of American political development.