James Kloppenberg

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Lately I have been reading in my favorite genre of intellectual history: monographs that pair sharp conceptual focus with ample chronological – and sometimes spatial – sweep. Think James Kloppenberg’s Toward Democracy, or Sara Georgini’s American Gods, Jill Lepore’s The Name of War online pharmacy https://southjerseycopingclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/female-cialis.html no prescription pharmacy , Philip Gura’s American Transcendentalism and Barbara Packer’s The Transcendentalists buy minocin online minocin online no prescription online pharmacy https://bonddentalbilling.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/cache/templates/cialis-super-active.html with best prices today in the USA , Reginald Horsman’s Race and Manifest Destiny, James Turner’s Without God, Without Creed, Henry May’s Enlightenment in America. These are the kinds of books Read more

Andrew Seal

August 12, 2019

The Reformism of Fear

Two of the most famous aphorisms attesting to a “pessimism of the intellect/optimism of the will” mentality are, “Power concedes nothing without a demand” (Frederick Douglass), and “The master’s tools Read more

Ben Alpers

March 16, 2018

Two Cheers for Pragmatic Democracy (Guest Post by Paul Croce)

With democracy pragmatic style, complete realization of ideals are always out of reach—and it also means, in the words of Frederick Douglass, “agitate, agitate, agitate” Once upon a time, marketplace Read more

Robert Greene II

July 28, 2017

The Struggle Continues: Response to Toward Democracy Roundtable

This is the final installment of the Toward Democracy roundtable series. Here are links to the introduction, as well as the entries by Brewer, Arcenas, and Wickberg. By James T. Read more

Robert Greene II

July 26, 2017

Toward Democracy? A History in Ideals: Toward Democracy Roundtable

This is installment part two of the Toward Democracy roundtable discussion. Here’s the introduction and here is yesterday’s entry. By Claire Rydell Arcenas “Democracy, in silence, biding its time, ponders Read more

Robert Greene II

July 25, 2017

Struggling Over Democracy: Toward Democracy Roundtable

By Holly Brewer http://history.umd.edu/users/hbrewer online pharmacy buy clomid online no prescription pharmacy (This is the second installment of the Toward Democracy Roundtable. Check here for yesterday’s introduction.) James Kloppenberg begins Read more

Robert Greene II

July 24, 2017