Description: In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions about our relationship to liberty: Does capitalism perfect or destroy freedom? Does freedom mean following tradition, God’s word, or one’s own heart? Can a nation of individuals also be a community of citizens? This is history that speaks plainly to our lives today, urging readers to explore our understanding of our country and ourselves, and a provocative look at one of America’s cherished principles.
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Book Title: Tolerable Anarchy : Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Political, American Government / General, United States / General, Political Freedom
Genre: Political Science, Philosophy, History
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Jedediah Purdy
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
