The Unlikely Antidote: Political Tension and Political Health in the Modern Western Tradition and the United States of America
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............................................................................................................................ iii Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... iv Introduction ........................................................................................................................1 Chapter I: Agonism – an overview ...................................................................................4 Chapter II: Agonism in Modern Political Thought: Moments of Appreciation and Opposition ........................................................................................................................30 Machiavelli .....................................................................................................................30 Montesquieu ...................................................................................................................43 Burke ..............................................................................................................................46 Mill .................................................................................................................................48 Tocqueville .....................................................................................................................50 Hobbes ............................................................................................................................60 Rousseau .........................................................................................................................62 Wilson ............................................................................................................................63 Chapter III: Agonistic Democracy in the United States of America...........................65 Tension in: Institutions of Government .............................................................................................72 Party and Interest Group Politics ...................................................................................81 Political Principles ..........................................................................................................82 Individual Statesmen and Citizens .................................................................................85 Conclusion: The State of Disunion .................................................................................95 Works Cited ....................................................................................................................100
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