On American freedom [Elektronisk resurs] a critique of the country's core value with a reform agenda / Kenneth E. Morris.

• 1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Freedom 2. From Republics to a National Empire 3. The Return of Feudalism 4. American Stoicism 5. A Place for Freedom.

• Although freedom is America's core value, few Americans have a clear idea of what it means or - worse - enjoy much freedom in any of its conventional meanings. Drawing from republican tradition, the book critiques the contemporary American value of freedom as it appears in politics, the economy, and culture. -- On American Freedom critiques the value of freedom as it is now manifest in America's political, economic, and cultural life in light of a more robust value of freedom coordinated around human dignity and civic participation. Drawing from historic sources as diverse as James Madison, Adam Smith, and Catherine Beecher - as well as from contemporary sources like George W. Bush and Bob Dylan - the book paints a bleak picture of this most cherished American value. At the same time, On American Freedom outlines a reform initiative that will secure a more preferred value of freedom by simply by reconfiguring the federal system to include reorganized and empowered city-states capable of serving as sites for a fuller form of freedom than Americans now enjoy. 

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Liberty  -- Political aspects -- United States. (LCSH)

Liberty  -- Economic aspects -- United States. (LCSH)

Liberty  -- Social aspects -- United States. (LCSH)

Politics and Government.  (ukslc)

Political control & freedoms  -- United States of America, USA. (thema)

Political science & theory  -- United States of America, USA. (thema)

United States  -- Politics and government -- Philosophy. (LCSH)

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