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Reconsidering American Liberalism: The Troubled Odyssey of the Liberal Idea
Reconsidering American Liberalism The Troubled Odyssey of the Liberal Idea Author:James P. Young In a survey of American political thought unrivaled in its breadth, Young gives voice not just to Locke, Jefferson, and Madison but also to Rawls, Walzer, Wolin, Kateb, and Shklar. To the problems facing Lincoln and Dewey, he brings modern feminism, multiculturalism, postmodernism, and the current conservative backlash. Broadly informed, scrupul... more »ously fair, and marvelously clear, Reconsidering American Liberalism is a tour de force of historical exposition and contempory analysis as well as a significant contribution to the future of liberal thought.« less