Edmund Burke (Great Lives Observed)

Edmund Burke (Great lives observed)

Kramnick, Isaac

PRENTICE/HALL

The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and natural experience, Enlightenment philosophers in Europe and America planted the seeds for modern liberalism, cultural humanism, science and technology, and laissez-faire Capitalism This volume brings together works from this era, with more than 100 selections from a range of sources. It includes examples by Kant, Diderot, Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Locke, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social, and economic institutions.

The Portable Enlightenment Reader (Portable Library)

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Penguin Classics

Harold Laski : A Life on the Left

Sheerman, Barry

Biographies & Memoirs

Hamish Hamilton

Refutes the claims of the religious right that America was founded as a Christian nation, and emphasizes that separation of church and state was designed to guarantee religious freedom

The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness

History

Moore, R. Laurence

Americas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

If the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious liberty, why doesn’t it protect atheists?
God occupies our nation’s consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their rights as citizens.
As R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick demonstrate in their sharp and convincing work, avowed atheists were derided since the founding of the nation. Even Thomas Paine fell into disfavor and his role as a patriot forgotten. Popular Republican Robert Ingersoll could not be elected in the nineteenth century due to his atheism, and the suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton was shunned when she questioned biblical precepts about women’s roles.
Moore and Kramnick lay out this fascinating history and the legal cases that have questioned religious supremacy. It took until 1961 for the Supreme Court to ban religious tests for state officials, despite Article 6 of the Constitution. Still, every one of the fifty states continues to have God in its constitution. The authors discuss these cases and more current ones, such as Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., which address whether personal religious beliefs supersede secular ones.
In Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic, the authors also explore the dramatic rise of an "atheist awakening" and the role of organizations intent on holding the country to the secular principles it was founded upon.

Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

W.W.Norton&Company

"A timely, well-written and scholarly polemic for the separation of church and state."--Bernard Crick, The New StatesmanThe Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to dismantle the wall between church and state erected by the country's founders. The authors, both distinguished scholars, revisit the historical roots of American religious freedom, paying particular attention to such figures as John Locke, Roger Williams, and especially Thomas Jefferson, and examine the controversies, up to the present day, over the proper place of religion in our political life. With a new chapter that explores the role of religion in the public life of George W. Bush's America, The Godless Constitution offers a bracing return to the first principles of American governance.

The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State

“Illuminating.” ―Phil Zuckerman, author of Living the Secular Life
If the First Amendment protects the separation of church and state, why have atheists had to fight for their rights? In this valuable work, R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick reveal the fascinating history of atheism in America and the legal challenges to federal and state laws that made atheists second-class citizens.

The leading anthology, now more relevant than ever Revised and updated based on instructor feedback, this Second Edition presents key works from the colonial period to the present era. New selections―including readings from the Obama and Trump eras―help students understand how political thought in the 21st century builds on and sometimes departs from earlier traditions.

American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology

Politics & Social Sciences

Lowi, Theodore J.

Philosophy

This book has hardback covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In fair condition, suitable as a study copy.No dust jacket.

Bolingbroke and His Circle: The Politics of Nostalgia in the Age of Walpole

Harvard University Press

Examines the life and achievements of the twentieth-century socialist intellectual, especially his role in designing the British welfare state, the controversy that surrounded his life, and other issues. 15,000 first printing.

Harold Laski: A Life on the Left

Leaders & Notable People

Viking Adult

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Edmund Burke (Great lives observed)

The Portable Enlightenment Reader (Portable Library)

Harold Laski : A Life on the Left

The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness

Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State

Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology

Bolingbroke and His Circle: The Politics of Nostalgia in the Age of Walpole

Harold Laski: A Life on the Left