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9780801482007

Allegories of America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801482007

  • ISBN10:

    0801482003

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-12-01
  • Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
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Summary

Allegories of America offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the metaphysics of American-ness and stops along the way to reflect on John Winthrop, the Constitution, 1950s behavioralist social science, James Merrill, and William Burroughs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction Allegories of Americap. 1
The Fiction of Americap. 12
America's Critique of Reasonp. 31
Cold War Metaphysicsp. 60
Fiction and the Dilemma of Postmodern Politicsp. 114
Practicing Political Theory Otherwisep. 170
Notesp. 201
Bibliographyp. 219
Indexp. 231
Contestationsp. 233
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