3683663A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emersonhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-political-companion-to-ralph-waldo-emerson-9780813140476/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2475037/42189b43-fa85-4284-8bf8-d25b3669b4f9.jpg?v=638384025709970000336409MXNThe University Press of KentuckyInStock/Ebooks/From before the Civil War until his death in 1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson was renownedand renouncedas one of the United States most prominent abolitionists and as a leading visionary of the nations liberal democratic future. Following his death, however, both Emersons political activism and his political thought faded from public memory, replaced by the myth of the genteel man of letters and the detached sage of individualism. In the 1990s, scholars rediscovered Emersons antislavery writings and began reviving his legacy as a political activist. A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is the first collection to evaluate Emersons political thought in light of his recently rediscovered political activism.What were Emersons politics? A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson authoritatively answers this question with seminal essays by some of the most prominent thinkers ever to write about EmersonStanley Cavell, George Kateb, Judith N. Shklar, and Wilson Carey McWilliamsas well as many of todays leading Emerson scholars. With an introduction that effectively destroys the "pernicious myth about Emersons apolitical individualism" by editors Alan M. Levine and Daniel S. Malachuk, this volume reassesses Emersons famous theory of self-reliance in light of his antislavery politics, demonstrates the importance of transcendentalism to his politics, and explores the enduring significance of his thought for liberal democracy.Including a substantial bibliography of work on Emersons politics over the last century, A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is an indispensable resource for students of Emerson, American literature, and American political thought, as well as for those who wrestle with the fundamental challenges of democracy and liberalism....3619986A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson336409https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-political-companion-to-ralph-waldo-emerson-9780813140476/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2475037/42189b43-fa85-4284-8bf8-d25b3669b4f9.jpg?v=638384025709970000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119780813140476_W3siaWQiOiIzMTFlNTU1YS1jNzQwLTQ3MTQtOTAxNy00YjA0NGQ1NWE5NWMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM5OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjcyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjMyNywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780813140476_From before the Civil War until his death in 1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson was renownedand renouncedas one of the United States most prominent abolitionists and as a leading visionary of the nations liberal democratic future. Following his death, however, both Emersons political activism and his political thought faded from public memory, replaced by the myth of the genteel man of letters and the detached sage of individualism. In the 1990s, scholars rediscovered Emersons antislavery writings and began reviving his legacy as a political activist. A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is the first collection to evaluate Emersons political thought in light of his recently rediscovered political activism.What were Emersons politics? A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson authoritatively answers this question with seminal essays by some of the most prominent thinkers ever to write about EmersonStanley Cavell, George Kateb, Judith N. Shklar, and Wilson Carey McWilliamsas well as many of todays leading Emerson scholars. With an introduction that effectively destroys the pernicious myth about Emersons apolitical individualism by editors Alan M. Levine and Daniel S. Malachuk, this volume reassesses Emersons famous theory of self-reliance in light of his antislavery politics, demonstrates the importance of transcendentalism to his politics, and explores the enduring significance of his thought for liberal democracy.Including a substantial bibliography of work on Emersons politics over the last century, A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is an indispensable resource for students of Emerson, American literature, and American political thought, as well as for those who wrestle with the fundamental challenges of democracy and liberalism.(*_*)9780813140476_From before the Civil War until his death in 1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson was renownedand renouncedas one of the United States most prominent abolitionists and as a leading visionary of the nations liberal democratic future. Following his death, however, both Emersons political activism and his political thought faded from public memory, replaced by the myth of the genteel man of letters and the detached sage of individualism. In the 1990s, scholars rediscovered Emersons antislavery writings and began reviving his legacy as a political activist. A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is the first collection to evaluate Emersons political thought in light of his recently rediscovered political activism.What were Emersons politics? A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson authoritatively answers this question with seminal essays by some of the most prominent thinkers ever to write about EmersonStanley Cavell, George Kateb, Judith N. Shklar, and Wilson Carey McWilliamsas well as many of todays leading Emerson scholars. With an introduction that effectively destroys the "pernicious myth about Emersons apolitical individualism" by editors Alan M. Levine and Daniel S. Malachuk, this volume reassesses Emersons famous theory of self-reliance in light of his antislavery politics, demonstrates the importance of transcendentalism to his politics, and explores the enduring significance of his thought for liberal democracy.Including a substantial bibliography of work on Emersons politics over the last century, A Political Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson is an indispensable resource for students of Emerson, American literature, and American political thought, as well as for those who wrestle with the fundamental challenges of democracy and liberalism....9780813140476_The University Press of Kentuckylibro_electonico_8f959714-e77b-329f-aca4-7d8cbb19445f_9780813140476;9780813140476_9780813140476InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram40-epub-31be9b94-2b7a-40b1-930b-425d6c4a2a4f.epub2011-09-16T00:00:00+00:00The University Press of Kentucky