Beschreibung:
Garrett Ward Sheldon is the John Morton Beaty Professor of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson, also available from Johns Hopkins.
"Sheldon interweaves Madison's intellectual development with his political career: the one the warp, the one the weft, of his mind... His greatest contribution is to emphasize John Witherspoon's Scottish Presbyterian influence during Madison's undergraduate days at Princeton." -- Times Literary Supplement
Contents: Preface Introduction :Liberalism, Classical Republicanism, and Christianity in the Political Philosophy of James Madison 1. Intellectual Heritage: Politics, Philosophy, and Theology 2. Politics and Religion 3. Federalist Nationalism 4. Lockean Liberalism Realized: Construction and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution 5. Classical Republicanism: The States' Rights of the Virginia Resolutions 6. Nationalism Revisted 7. Last Testaments Appendix A: Extract from "The Report on the [Virginia] Resolutions" Appendix B: Last Testament: "Advice to My County" Notes Index