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Testing the national covenant : fears and appetites in American politics / William F. May

May, William F.,i1927- [Verfasser]

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 174 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-58901-792-4 ; 1-58901-792-7 ; 1-58901-765-X ; 978-1-58901-765-8

 

USA  Sozialer Konsens  Gemeinwohl  Politische Kultur 

Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. At the same time, uncurbed appetites have wasted the environment and driven the country's market economy into the ditch. How can we best sustain our identity as a people and resist the distortions of our current anxieties and appetites?. Ethicist William F. May draws on America's religious and political history and examines two concepts at play in the founding of the country -- contractual and covenantal. He contends that the.