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Lincoln : The Ambiguous Icon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Modernity and Political Thought SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442261310
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: LincolnDDC classification:
  • 973.7092
LOC classification:
  • E457.2 .J646 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Lincoln's Ambiguity -- Chapter One: Lincoln's Decisionism and the Politics of Elimination -- Chapter Two: Democratic Ironies of Lincoln's Cinematic Exceptionalism -- Chapter Three: A "Humble Offering": The (First) Lincoln Memorial -- Chapter Four: Lincoln's Persistent Racial Ambivalence: Colonization -- Chapter Five: What to the Indian Is the Gettysburg Address? -- Chapter Six: American Exceptionalism or American Narcissism? The Second Inaugural -- Conclusion: Lincoln's Tragic Revenge -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: In this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincoln's thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity - enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of unprecedented challenges.
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Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Lincoln's Ambiguity -- Chapter One: Lincoln's Decisionism and the Politics of Elimination -- Chapter Two: Democratic Ironies of Lincoln's Cinematic Exceptionalism -- Chapter Three: A "Humble Offering": The (First) Lincoln Memorial -- Chapter Four: Lincoln's Persistent Racial Ambivalence: Colonization -- Chapter Five: What to the Indian Is the Gettysburg Address? -- Chapter Six: American Exceptionalism or American Narcissism? The Second Inaugural -- Conclusion: Lincoln's Tragic Revenge -- Index -- About the Author.

In this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincoln's thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity - enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of unprecedented challenges.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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