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| Authors: |
Lance Banning |
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History • Political Science |
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1996 Pulitzer Prize |
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New York Times Book Review: "Madison (1751-1836) has long been viewed as one of the leading champions of strong national Government, but Lance Banning's brilliant and original new book, 'The Sacred Fire of Liberty," asks: What kind of champion? And of what sort of national Government? The answers he provides are surprising and persuasive....Mr. Banning argues that Hamilton (and many others) simply did not follow the trajectory of Madison's thought closely enough. Attempting to assign reasons for Madison's change of heart is futile, because no such change took place." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Paperback, 543
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr (March 01, 1998)
Measurements: 9.25"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 1.5"(d), 1.75 lbs.
ISBN: 9780801485244 |
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James Madison was the finest democratic theorist that the United States has ever produced. His was the pivotal philosophical role in framing the Constitution and establishing the principles on which a wholly new form of government was to be based. Yet this widely informed and profoundly original thinker has been considered by most scholars to be an intellectual pragmatist who reacted variably and inconsistently to the changing circumstances of the Revolution and the Confederation. Lance Banning's powerful and persuasive reexamination of Madison's thought at the critical early and central stages of his career now changes that presumption, and provides a new base from which thinking about Madison and the Founding must start. The Sacred Fire of Liberty follows Madison from his appearance on the national stage (in Congress in 1780) through the end of 1792. By the end of this period, he had achieved his mature understanding of the Constitution, and his collision with many of the other Federalists of 1788 had mad |
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