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The Rise of the Imperial Self : America's Culture Wars in Augustinian Perspective

Ronald W. Dworkin

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The Rise of the Imperial Self : America's Culture Wars in Augustinian Perspective

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The Rise of the Imperial Self : America's Culture Wars in Augustinian Perspective

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ISBN: 9780847682195
Date of Publication: 1996-07-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Philosophy
Related Topics: American History, Politics, Theory
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The Rise of the Imperial Self establishes a geneaology of aristocracy and places America firmly within an aristocratic tradition originally articulated by St. Augustine, but adapted to American society by Alexis de Tocqueville. Ronald W. Dworkin then traces the evolution of American culture from Tocqueville's America, when American aristocracy was defined by a love of something beyond the self to today's preoccupation with individuality, self-expression, autonomy, and self-esteem―the "imperial self."
 

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