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Postmodernism Rightly Understood - The Return To Realism In American Thought

by Peter Augustine Lawler

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 This work seeks to attain a true understanding of the postmodern predicament. Peter Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. He examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five American authors.
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Lost Soul Of American Protestantism

by D. G. Hart

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 This work offers a way of thinking about Protestantism and its role in shaping American society. The author judges the relevance of a faith from a standpoint opposite the norm - faith that is irrelevant, marginal and cut off from societal influence, D.G. Hart says, is more likely to be genuine.
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American Feminism And The Birth Of New Age Spirituality - Searching For The Higher Self, 1875-1915

by Catherine Tumber

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 This study shows that New Age spirituality first flourished in America more than a century ago during the Gilded Age, under the mantle of "New Thought". Catherine Tumber demonstrates that "gnostic feminism" has surfaced during periods of triumphant corporate consolidation.
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Alexis De Tocqueville And American Intellectuals - From His Times To Ours

by Matthew Mancini

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 Comprehensive in its chronology, the works it discusses, and the commentators it critically examines, Alexis de Tocqueville and American Intellectuals tells the surprising story of Tocqueville's reception in American thought and culture from the time of his 1831 visit to the United States to the turn of the twenty-first century.
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Species Of Origins - America''S Search For A Creation Story

by Donald A. Yerxa e Karl W. Giberson

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Heterophobia - Sexual Harassment And The Future Of Feminism

by Daphne Patai

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 A scathing criticism of political and sexual correctness, this thought-provoking and powerfully argued book is sure to incite debate among all concerned with the legacy and future of woman's rights.
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Apostle Of Human Progress - Lester Frank Ward And American Political Thought, 1841-1913

by Edward C. Rafferty

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 Lester Frank Ward is regarded as one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. This work covers how Ward's thought laid the foundations for the modern administrative state, and brings out his contributions to 20th century American liberalism.
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Species Of Origins - America'S Search For A Creation Story

by Donald A. Yerxa e Karl W. Giberson

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 Since the late-19th century, the USA has not been able to agree on a common creation story. The authors of this study explain that much of this stems from the reality that Americans rely on two competing worldviews: modern naturalistic science and traditional Judeo-Christian religions.
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Apostle Of Human Progress - Lester Frank Ward And American Political Thought, 1841-1913

by Edward C. Rafferty

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Postmodernism Rightly Understood - The Return To Realism In American Thought

by Peter Augustine Lawler

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 This work seeks to attain a true understanding of the postmodern predicament. Peter Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. He examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five American authors.
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Creating The American Mind - Intellect And Politics In The Colonial Colleges

by J. David Hoeveler

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 The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the political currents of the 17th and 18th centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and the transition to Enlightenment thought. This text presents a synthetic treatment of the colonial colleges.
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American Feminism And The Birth Of New Age Spirituality - Searching For The Higher Self, 1875-1915

by Catherine Tumber

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 This study shows that New Age spirituality first flourished in America more than a century ago during the Gilded Age, under the mantle of "New Thought". Catherine Tumber demonstrates that "gnostic feminism" has surfaced during periods of triumphant corporate consolidation.
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Richard Nixon And The Rise Of Affirmative Action - The Pursuit Of Racial Equality In An Era Of Limits

by Kevin Yuill

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From Nature To Experience - The American Search For Cultural Authority

by Roger Lundin

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 Traces how pragmatism and its reliance on experience eclipsed nature and religion as the ultimate moral authority. The author explores why Americans prize experience as highly as they do, what they build out of it in works of culture and their daily lives, and where people might turn when they reach the limits of experience.
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From Nature To Experience - The American Search For Cultural Authority

by Roger Lundin

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 Roger Lundin traces how pragmatism and its reliance on experience eclipsed nature and religion as the ultimate moral authority. He explores why Americans prize experience as highly as they do, what they build out of it in works of culture and their daily lives, how they manage to make sense of it, and where people might turn when they reach the limits of experience.
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Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism

by Ronald J. Pestritto

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 Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J.
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The Lost Soul Of American Protestantism

by D. G. Hart

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 This work offers a way of thinking about Protestantism and its role in shaping American society. The author judges the relevance of a faith from a standpoint opposite the norm - faith that is irrelevant, marginal and cut off from societal influence, D.G. Hart says, is more likely to be genuine.
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Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism

by Ronald J. Pestritto

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 Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J.
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Intellectuals And The American Presidency - Philosophers, Jesters, Or Technicians?

by Tevi Troy

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 This text examines the complex relationships between Presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Making Of A Democratic Intellectual

by Peter S. Field

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 Peter S. Field contends that Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's first democratic intellectual and a democrat in two senses: his writings are imbued with an optimistic, confident ethos; and, more importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by bringing culture to all Americans.
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Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism

by Ronald J. Pestritto

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 Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J.
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Culture'S Vanities - The Paradox Of Cultural Diversity In A Globalized World

by David Steigerwald

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 Steigerwald (history, Ohio State U.) examines how culture became a commodity, making it less powerful as an agent of social change. He notes paradoxes in the concept of culture and how it has been misappropriated to fit all situations in all disciplines. He also notes how cultural determinism has become almost self-delusional, with those least enti
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The Lost Soul Of American Protestantism

by D. G. Hart

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Race-Ing Representation - Voice, History, And Sexuality

by Kostas Myrsiades e Linda S. Myrsiades

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