Ragged Individualism

Author : David Davenport,Gordon Lloyd
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780817920265

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Rugged Individualism by David Davenport,Gordon Lloyd Pdf

Today, American "rugged individualism" is in a fight for its life on two battlegrounds: in the policy realm and in the intellectual world of ideas that may lead to new policies. In this book, the authors look at the political context in which rugged individualism flourishes or declines and offer a balanced assessment of its future prospects. They outline its path from its founding—marked by the Declaration of Independence—to today, focusing on different periods in our history when rugged individualism was thriving or was under attack. The authors ultimately look with some optimism toward new frontiers of the twenty-first century that may nourish rugged individualism. They assert that we cannot tip the delicate balance between equality and liberty so heavily in favor of equality that there is no liberty left for individual Americans to enjoy.

Author : Lawrence M. Eppard,Mark Robert Rank,Heather E. Bullock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1611462363

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Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality by Lawrence M. Eppard,Mark Robert Rank,Heather E. Bullock Pdf

In Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality, the authors argue that a culture of individualism in the U.S. limits the pressure politicians face to develop robust social policies. This individualism combines with racism and features of the political ...

Author : Gholamreza Sami
Publisher : Author House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781449089849

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Ragged Individualism by Gholamreza Sami Pdf

This book offers a study of the portrayal of America in selected social and political plays of the 1930s and a scrutiny of the intellectual response of the playwrights to the American way of life in the light of socio-political and economic issues in that decade.

Author : Leah N. Gordon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226238449

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From Power to Prejudice by Leah N. Gordon Pdf

Gordon provides an intellectual history of the concept of racial prejudice in postwar America. In particular, she asks, what accounts for the dominance of theories of racism that depicted oppression in terms of individual perpetrators and victims, more often than in terms of power relations and class conflict? Such theories came to define race relations research, civil rights activism, and social policy. Gordon s book is a study in the politics of knowledge production, as it charts debates about the race problem in a variety of institutions, including the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of Chicago s Committee on Education Training and Research in Race Relations, Fisk University s Race Relations Institutes, Howard University s "Journal of Negro Education," and the National Conference of Christians and Jews."

Author : Francis L. K. Hsu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 087049371X

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Rugged Individualism Reconsidered by Francis L. K. Hsu Pdf

Author : Lawrence M. Eppard,Mark Robert Rank,Heather E. Bullock,Noam Chomsky,David Brady,Dan Schubert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Equality
ISBN : 1611462347

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Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality by Lawrence M. Eppard,Mark Robert Rank,Heather E. Bullock,Noam Chomsky,David Brady,Dan Schubert Pdf

"In Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality, the authors argue that a culture of individualism in the U.S. limits the pressure politicians face to develop robust social policies. This individualism combines with racism and features of the political system to help perpetuate high levels of poverty and inequality"--

Author : Lawrence M. Eppard,Mark Robert Rank,Heather E. Bullock
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781611462357

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Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality by Lawrence M. Eppard,Mark Robert Rank,Heather E. Bullock Pdf

Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequalityexplores and critiques the widespread perception in the United States that one’s success or failure in life is largely the result of personal choices and individual characteristics. As the authors show, the distinctively individualist ideology of American politics and culture shapes attitudes toward poverty and economic inequality in profound ways, fostering social policies that de-emphasize structural remedies. Drawing on a variety of unique methodologies, the book synthesizes data from large-scale surveys of the American population, and it features both conversations with academic experts and interviews with American citizens intimately familiar with the consequences of economic disadvantage. This mixture of approaches gives readers a fuller understanding of “skeptical altruism,” a concept the authors use to describe the American public’s hesitancy to adopt a more robust and structurally-oriented approach to solving the persistent problem of economic disadvantage.

Author : R. Philip Brown
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0761801529

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Authentic Individualism by R. Philip Brown Pdf

Drawing from the development of individualism in western philosophy and American history, this book constructs a normative theory called authentic individualism. Using the precepts of that theory, it urges organizational leaders to change the way they think about their organizations and their organizations' social function. Students and scholars of political science, social science, public administration, moral theory and organizational theory will find this a useful work. Contents: Introduction to Individualism; PART ONE: A Model of the Individual from Western Philosophy; The Individual of the Ancients; The Individual of the Dark Ages; The Individual of Modernity; PART TWO: A Model of the Individual in the United States; Rugged Individualism of the Revolutionary U.S.; Rational Individualism After Romanticism and Reform; Radical Individualism from Disillusionment and Loss of Faith; PART THREE: Synthesis of Philosophies Toward a More Socially Responsible Individualist in the Third Millennium; Need for a New World View; Changing the Paradigm; Soul of the Third Administrative State; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004444836

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Encyclopedia of Critical Whiteness Studies in Education by Anonim Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Critical Whiteness Studies in Education offers readers a broad summary of the multifaceted and interdisciplinary field of critical whiteness studies, the study of white racial identities in the context of white supremacy, in education.

Author : Margaret Hoover
Publisher : Crown Forum
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307718167

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American Individualism by Margaret Hoover Pdf

A Fox News analyst argues for a redefinition of conservatism that will modernize outdated Republican ideas and enable a younger generation to embrace the party, defining her views about Individualism while contending that universal, conservative beliefs can be adapted to revitalize Republican political strength.

Author : Herbert Hoover,George Nash
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817920166

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American Individualism by Herbert Hoover,George Nash Pdf

In late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distill from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the 1922 book American Individualism. In it, Hoover expounded and vigorously defended what has come to be called American exceptionalism: the set of beliefs and values that still makes America unique. He argued that America can make steady, sure progress if we preserve our individualism, preserve and stimulate the initiative of our people, insist on and maintain the safeguards to equality of opportunity, and honor service as a part of our national character. American Individualism asserts that equal opportunity for individuals to develop their abilities is "the sole source of progress" and the fundamental impulse behind American civilization for three—now four—centuries. More than ninety years have passed since this book was first published; it is clear, in retrospect, that the volume was partly motivated by the political controversies of the time. But American Individualism is not simply a product of a dim and receding past. To a considerable degree the ideological battles of Hoover's era are the battles of our own, and the interpretations we make of our past—particularly the years between 1921 and 1933—will mold our perspective on the crises of the present.

Author : Nathan Crick
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271085685

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Dewey for a New Age of Fascism by Nathan Crick Pdf

During the rise of fascism in the early twentieth century, American philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey argued that the greatest threat to democracy was not a political regime or even an aggressive foreign power but rather a set of dispositions or attitudes. Though not fascist in and of themselves, these habits of thought—rugged individualism and ideological nationalism—lay the foundation for fascism. In this study, Nathan Crick uses Dewey’s social thought and philosophy of education to provide insight into and resources for transforming our present-day politics. Through a close reading of Dewey’s political writings and educational theory, Crick elaborates Dewey’s vision of democratic social life and the education required for its foundation. He shows that for Dewey, communication is essential to cultivating sympathy, intelligence, and creativity—habits of thought that form the core of democratic culture. Crick then lays out a broad curriculum of logic, aesthetics, and rhetoric for inculcating these habits in the classroom, arguing that if we are to meet the challenge of fascism, we must teach these new arts as if our civilization depends on it—because in our new age of politics, it does. Comprehensive and pragmatic, this book presents an experimental model of education that can be applied across the humanities curriculum. It will be of interest to teachers of writing, composition, and rhetoric as well as scholars and students of communication studies, pedagogy, and political theory.

Author : T.C. Boyle
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062349392

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The Harder They Come by T.C. Boyle Pdf

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author T.C. Boyle makes his Ecco debut with a powerful, gripping novel that explores the roots of violence and anti-authoritarianism inherent in the American character. Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people—an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover—as they careen towards an explosive confrontation. On a vacation cruise to Central America with his wife, seventy-year-old Sten Stensen unflinchingly kills a gun-wielding robber menacing a busload of senior tourists. The reluctant hero is relieved to return home to Fort Bragg, California, after the ordeal—only to find that his delusional son, Adam, has spiraled out of control. Adam has become involved with Sara Hovarty Jennings, a hardened member of the Sovereign Citizens’ Movement, right-wing anarchists who refuse to acknowledge the laws and regulations of the state, considering them to be false and non-applicable. Adam’s senior by some fifteen years, Sara becomes his protector and inamorata. As Adam's mental state fractures, he becomes increasingly schizophrenic—a breakdown that leads him to shoot two people in separate instances. On the run, he takes to the woods, spurring the biggest manhunt in California history. As he explores a father’s legacy of violence and his powerlessness in relating to his equally violent son, T. C. Boyle offers unparalleled psychological insights into the American psyche. Inspired by a true story, The Harder They Come is a devastating and indelible novel from a modern master.

Author : Wendell Berry
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781458772497

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The Way of Ignorance by Wendell Berry Pdf

The continuing war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the political sniping engendered by the Supreme Court nominations, Terry Schiavo - contemporary American society is characterized by divisive anger, profound loss, and danger. Wendell Berry, one of the country's foremost cultural critics, addresses the menace, responding with hope and intelligence in a series of essays that tackle the major questions of the day. Whose freedom are we considering when we speak of the ''free market'' or ''free enterprise?'' What is really involved in our National Security? What is the price of ownership without affection? Berry answers in prose that shuns abstraction for clarity, coherence, and passion, giving us essays that may be the finest of his long career.

Author : James M. Albrecht
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823242115

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Reconstructing Individualism by James M. Albrecht Pdf

America has a love–hate relationship with individualism. In Reconstructing Individualism, James Albrecht argues that our conceptions of individualism have remained trapped within the assumptions of classic liberalism. He traces an alternative genealogy of individualist ethics in four major American thinkers—Ralph Waldo Emerson, William James, John Dewey, and Ralph Ellison. These writers’ shared commitments to pluralism (metaphysical and cultural), experimentalism, and a melioristic stance toward value and reform led them to describe the self as inherently relational. Accordingly, they articulate models of selfhood that are socially engaged and ethically responsible, and they argue that a reconceived—or, in Dewey’s term, “reconstructed”—individualism is not merely compatible with but necessary to democratic community. Conceiving selfhood and community as interrelated processes, they call for an ongoing reform of social conditions so as to educate and liberate individuality, and, conversely, they affirm the essential role individuality plays in vitalizing communal efforts at reform.