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Calhoun and Popular Rule

The Political Theory of the Disquisition and Discourse

By: H. Lee Cheek

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Calhoun and Popular Rule

The Political Theory of the Disquisition and Discourse

By: H. Lee Cheek

Although John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) remains one of the major figures in American political thought, many of his critics have tried to discredit him as merely a Southern partisan whose ideas were obsolete even during his lifetime. In Calhoun and Popular Rule, H. Lee Cheek, Jr., attempts to correct such misconceptions by presenting Calhoun as an original political thinker who devoted his life to the recovery of a "proper mode of popular rule." As the first combined evaluation of Calhoun's most important treatises, The Disquisition and The Discourse, this work merges Calhoun's theoretical position with his endeavors to restore the need for popular rule. It also compares Calhoun's ideas with those of other great political thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison--while explaining what is truly unique about Calhoun's political thought.

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0826215483

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Calhoun and Popular Rule

The Political Theory of the Disquisition and Discourse

By: H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

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Calhoun and Popular Rule

The Political Theory of the Disquisition and Discourse

By: H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

Although John C. Calhoun (17821850) remains one of the major figures in American political thought, many of his critics have tried to discredit him as merely a Southern partisan whose ideas were obsolete even during his lifetime. In Calhoun and Popular Rule, H. Lee Cheek, Jr., attempts to correct such misconceptions by presenting Calhoun as an original political thinker who devoted his life to the recovery of a proper mode of popular rule. He evaluates Calhoun's most important treatises, The Disquisition and The Discourse, and merges Calhoun's theoretical position with his endeavors to restore the need for popular run, arguing that Calhoun had a coherent, systematic view of human nature and society and made a lasting contribution to the theory of constitutionalism and democracy.

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