"Two Foundings": An Unpublished Lecture by John H. Schaar

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  • This is a reconstruction of John H. Schaar’s first introductory lecture for his course on American political thought taught often at University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Santa Cruz. Schaar argues that America had two foundings: the communitarian experiment of the New England Puritans and that of the American Revolution and Constitution of 1789, which were rooted in liberal political theory. While the first founding has been forgotten, even reviled, the second founding led to corruption, violence, individualism, and privatism. Schaar calls for the restoration of participatory community while recognizing the formidable obstacles to accomplishing that.
Title"Two Foundings": An Unpublished Lecture by John H. Schaar
CreatorMiller, Joshua I.
PublisherAmerican Political Thought
Academic DepartmentGovernment & Law
DivisionSocial Sciences
OrganizationLafayette College
Date Issued2021
Date Available2022-09-21
TypeArticle
LanguageEnglish
Bibliographic CitationMiller, J. I. (2021) "'Two Foundings': An Unpublished Lecture by John H. Schaar." American Political Thought 10 (4): 629–652
Standard IdentifierHandle 10385/zk51vj07b
DOI 10.1086/716680
Permalinkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10385/zk51vj07b
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