TY - BOOK ID - 372620 TI - The myth of American individualism : the protestant origins of American political thought PY - 1994 SN - 069103382X 0691224994 0691029121 PB - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of culture KW - United States KW - Political science KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Individualism KW - Common good KW - Community KW - Individualism - United States - History - 18th century. KW - Common good - History - 18th century. KW - Community - History - 18th century. KW - Common good. KW - Good, Common KW - Public good KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Justice KW - Public interest KW - Politische Wissenschaft. KW - Individualismus. KW - USA. KW - ABŞ KW - ABSh KW - Ameerika Ühendriigid KW - America (Republic) KW - Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary KW - Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları KW - Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları KW - Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw KW - Amerika Qūrama Shtattary KW - Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari KW - Amerika Qushma Shtattary KW - Amerika (Republic) KW - Amerikai Egyesült Államok KW - Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė KW - Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem KW - Amerikas Forenede Stater KW - Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner KW - Ameriketako Estatu Batuak KW - Amirika Carékat KW - AQSh KW - Ar. ha-B. KW - Arhab KW - Artsot ha-Berit KW - Artzois Ha'bris KW - Bí-kok KW - Ē.P.A. KW - EE.UU. KW - Egyesült Államok KW - ĒPA KW - Estados Unidos KW - Estados Unidos da América do Norte KW - Estados Unidos de América KW - Estaos Xuníos KW - Estaos Xuníos d'América KW - Estatos Unitos KW - Estatos Unitos d'America KW - Estats Units d'Amèrica KW - Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica KW - États-Unis d'Amérique KW - Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn KW - Feriene Steaten KW - Feriene Steaten fan Amearika KW - Forente stater KW - FS KW - Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs KW - Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs KW - Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ KW - Istadus Unidus KW - Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės KW - Mei guo KW - Mei-kuo KW - Meiguo KW - Mî-koet KW - Miatsʻyal Nahangner KW - Miguk KW - Na Stàitean Aonaichte KW - NSA KW - S.U.A. KW - SAD KW - Saharat ʻAmērikā KW - SASht KW - Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty KW - Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty KW - Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty KW - Sjedinjene Američke Države KW - Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki KW - Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki KW - Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki KW - Spojené obce severoamerické KW - Spojené staty americké KW - SShA KW - Stadoù-Unanet Amerika KW - Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá KW - Stany Zjednoczone KW - Stati Uniti KW - Stati Uniti d'America KW - Stâts Unîts KW - Stâts Unîts di Americhe KW - Steatyn Unnaneysit KW - Steatyn Unnaneysit America KW - SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) KW - Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati KW - Sŭedinenite shtati KW - Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua KW - U.S. KW - U.S.A. KW - United States of America KW - Unol Daleithiau KW - Unol Daleithiau America KW - Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko KW - US KW - USA KW - Usono KW - Vaeinigte Staatn KW - Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika KW - Vereinigte Staaten KW - Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika KW - Verenigde State van Amerika KW - Verenigde Staten KW - VS KW - VSA KW - Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí KW - Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah KW - Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah KW - Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah KW - Yhdysvallat KW - Yunaeted Stet KW - Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika KW - ZDA KW - Združene države Amerike KW - Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky KW - Zjadnośone staty Ameriki KW - Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki KW - Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy KW - ZSA KW - Η.Π.Α. KW - Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής KW - Америка (Republic) KW - Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ KW - Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем KW - САЩ KW - Съединените щати KW - Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі KW - ولايات المتحدة KW - ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة KW - ولايات المتحدة الامريكية KW - 미국 KW - États-Unis KW - É.-U. KW - ÉU KW - Baptists. KW - Bill of Rights. KW - Boston Massacre. KW - British Constitution. KW - Calvinism. KW - Delaware Constitution. KW - European bankers. KW - First Amendment. KW - German totalitarianism. KW - Jeffersonians. KW - Kendall, Willmoore. KW - Kloppenberg, James. KW - Madison, James. KW - Revolutionary War. KW - Roman republicanism. KW - abolitionists. KW - ambition. KW - anarchism. KW - anthropocentrism. KW - civil liberty. KW - communalism. KW - despotism. KW - direct democracy. KW - disasters. KW - economic enterprises. KW - elites. KW - emergent individualism. KW - familial independence. KW - federalism. KW - gossip. KW - happiness. KW - historiography. KW - inalienable rights. KW - intermediate institutions. KW - liberalism. KW - liberty. KW - localism. KW - majoritarianism. KW - minorities. KW - national government. KW - nationalism. KW - natural liberty. KW - old Revolutionaries. KW - pamphlet literature. KW - personal liberty. KW - police powers. KW - political liberty. KW - prescriptive liberties. KW - publishing industry. KW - rationalism. KW - reciprocal dependence. KW - Politikwissenschaften KW - Politikwissenschaft KW - Politologie KW - Politische Soziologie KW - Nordamerika KW - Amerika KW - Etats Unis KW - Etats-Unis KW - Estados Unidos de America KW - EEUU KW - Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika KW - Soedinennye Štaty Ameriki KW - SŠA KW - Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej KW - Hēnōmenai Politeiai tēs Boreiu Amerikēs KW - Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs KW - HēPA KW - Ēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs KW - ĒPA KW - Etats-Unis d'Amérique KW - Amerikaner KW - Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:372620 AB - Sharpening the debate over the values that formed America's founding political philosophy, Barry Alan Shain challenges us to reconsider what early Americans meant when they used such basic political concepts as the public good, liberty, and slavery. We have too readily assumed, he argues, that eighteenth-century Americans understood these and other terms in an individualistic manner. However, by exploring how these core elements of their political thought were employed in Revolutionary-era sermons, public documents, newspaper editorials, and political pamphlets, Shain reveals a very different understanding--one based on a reformed Protestant communalism. In this context, individual liberty was the freedom to order one's life in accord with the demanding ethical standards found in Scripture and confirmed by reason. This was in keeping with Americans' widespread acceptance of original sin and the related assumption that a well-lived life was only possible in a tightly knit, intrusive community made up of families, congregations, and local government bodies. Shain concludes that Revolutionary-era Americans defended a Protestant communal vision of human flourishing that stands in stark opposition to contemporary liberal individualism. This overlooked component of the American political inheritance, he further suggests, demands examination because it alters the historical ground upon which contemporary political alternatives often seek legitimation, and it facilitates our understanding of much of American history and of the foundational language still used in authoritative political documents. ER -