Harry V. Jaffa (1918–2015)
Autore di Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Sull'Autore
Harry V. Jaffa is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Political Philosophy Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University, a Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute, and the author of ten books. He lives in Claremont, California. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Opere di Harry V. Jaffa
Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1959) 201 copie
Thomism and Aristotelianism: A Study of the Commentary by Thomas Aquinas on the Nicomachean Ethics (1979) 19 copie
Crisis of the Strauss Divided: Essays on Leo Strauss and Straussianism, East and West (2012) 11 copie
Statesmanship: Essays in Honor of Sir Winston S. Churchill (Studies in statesmanship of the Winston S. Churchill… (1981) — A cura di — 5 copie
In the name of the people; speeches and writings of Lincoln and Douglas in the Ohio campaign of 1859 (1959) — A cura di — 5 copie
Defenders of the constitution: Calhoun versus Madison, a bicentennial cerebration [sic] / Harry V. Jaffa (1987) 2 copie
What is political science?, or, How to deal with the lemming (or Gadarene swine) instinct (1988) 2 copie
The Quotable Jaffa 1 copia
Lincoln's Character Assassins 1 copia
Crisis of the Divided House - An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln - Douglas Debates 1 copia
Another look at the Declaration 1 copia
Opere correlate
American Political Thought: The Philosophic Dimensions of American Statesmanship (1971) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 19 copie
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Ten Years of the Claremont Review of Books (2012) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
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- Nome legale
- Jaffa, Harry Victor
- Data di nascita
- 1918-10-07
- Data di morte
- 2015-01-10
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Pomona, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Claremont, California, USA
Columbus, Ohio, USA - Istruzione
- Yale University (BA ∙ English ∙ 1939)
The New School for Social Research (PhD ∙ Political Philosophy|1951) - Attività lavorative
- professor
historian
speechwriter - Organizzazioni
- Guggenheim fellow
Relm Foundation fellow
Mershon fellow
Salvatori fellow
Claremont McKenna College
Winston S. Churchill Association (mostra tutto 7)
Claremont Institute - Breve biografia
- Speechwriter for Barry Goldwater's 1964 speech accepting the Republican Nomination.
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- Opere
- 30
- Opere correlate
- 11
- Utenti
- 614
- Popolarità
- #40,946
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 35
- Preferito da
- 1
Lincoln's star has risen somewhat since this work's original publication — perhaps in no small part BECAUSE of this work's publication. But its careful reading and contextualization of Lincoln's speeches, as well as a shorter preceding explication of Douglas's point of view, remains sharp and still relevant today.
The book does presume a fairly hefty preknowledge of the life and career of Abraham Lincoln and the major political controversies of the 1850s — not merely a basic understanding of "popular sovereignty," "Bleeding Kansas" and "Dred Scott" but details of particular speeches and the exact path certain laws took through Congress. The book is still readable with a moderate historical background, but the occasional omission of important context combines with its already intricate political philosophy to make this a pretty tough slog, though always fascinating.… (altro)