Representative Men Seven Lectures |
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| Author:
| Emerson, Ralph Waldo |
| Introduction by:
| Delbanco, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-76105-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1996 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Imprint: | Belknap Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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As Judith Shklar has pointed out, Emerson built Representative Men around the principle of 'rotation,' which had become a political axiom in Jacksonian America--the idea that no man, no matter how imposing, should be accorded permanent authority. Representative Men honors the language of democracy in its very title.
As Judith Shklar has pointed out, Emerson built Representative Men around the principle of 'rotation,' which had become a political axiom in Jacksonian America--the idea that no man, no matter how imposing, should be accorded permanent authority. Representative Men honors the language of democracy in its very title.