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A Tolerable Anarchy: Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom

By Jedediah Purdy

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year
2009
ISBN
9780307271433, 2008049552
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1935916 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-21 05:52:02
History; Philosophy; Politics; Nonfiction; HIS0360

Description

In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions about our relationship to liberty: Does capitalism perfect or destroy freedom? Does freedom mean following tradition, God’s word, or one’s own heart? Can a nation of individuals also be a community of citizens? This is history that speaks plainly to our lives today, urging readers to explore our understanding of our country and ourselves, and a provocative look at one of America’s cherished principles.

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