Emerson's liberalism /

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Author / Creator:Dolan, Neal.
Imprint:Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.
Description:xi, 341 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in American thought and culture
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7773901
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ISBN:9780299228040 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0299228045 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780299228033 (e-book)
0299228037 (e-book)
9780299228002 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0299228002 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-330) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The Political Reception of Emerson
  • 1. Progress: Journals (1820-1824); "Self-Reliance" (1841)
  • 2. Reason I, Science: Journals (1826-1832)
  • 3. Reason II, Virtue: Nature (1836)
  • 4. Property, Culture: The Philosophy of History (1836-1837); Human Culture (1837-1838); Human Life (1838-1839); The Present Age (1839-1840); "The Divinity School Address" (1838); "History" (1841); "Compensation" (1841)
  • 5. Reason III, Skepticism: "Experience" (1844)
  • 6. Limited Government: "Man the Reformer" (1841); "Lecture on the Times" (1841); "The Conservative" (1841); "The Transcendentalist" (1842); "The Young American" (1844); "Politics" (1844); "New England Reformers" (1844)
  • 7. Natural Rights, Civil Society: "An Address... on...the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies" (1844)
  • 8. Empiricism: Representative Men (1850)
  • 9. Liberty, Commerce: Biography (1835); English Literature (1835-1836); English Traits (1856)
  • Conclusion: The Conduct of Life (1860); "The President's Proclamation" (1862); "The Fortune of the Republic" (1863)
  • Notes
  • Index