Two Cities : The Political Thought of American Transcendentalism /
"This is an exploration of the political thought of the American transcendentalists focusing on Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller. They were writing at a time when the American state was thought of as sacred, the two cities of Augustine, the City of God and the City of Man, combined as one. Indeed t...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2016]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: â#x80;#x9C;The Last Improvement Possible?â#x80;#x9D;; 1. The Right to Two Cities; 2. â#x80;#x9C;Knock, and it shall be openedâ#x80;#x9D;: Fullerâ#x80;#x99;s Higher Lawsuit; 3. Higher Law Debates and Overlapping Cities; 4. â#x80;#x9C;As justice satisfies everybodyâ#x80;#x9D;: Emerson and the City of Man; 5. â#x80;#x9C;So we saunter toward the Holy Landâ#x80;#x9D;: Thoreau and the City of God; Conclusion; Notes; Index; Back Cover.