Making patriots
Walter Berns.
Bok Engelsk 2001 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , c2001.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (165 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Includes index.. - Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Classical Patriotism, Especially the Spartan; 2.God before Country?; 3.Commerce and Country; 4. Educating Young Patriots; 5. Lincoln, Patriotism's Poet; 6. "What Country Have I?"; 7.The Patriot's Flag; Epilogue; Index of Names. - Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that ""patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,"" over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes: patriots who have willingly put their lives at risk for this country and, especially, its principles. And this is even more remarkable given that the United States is a country founded on the principles of equality and democracy that encourage individuality and autonomy far more readily than public spiritedness and self-sacrifice.Walter Berns's Making Patriots is a pithy and provocative essay on pre
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| ISBN | 0226044378
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