The Lost Promise of Patriotism

The Lost Promise of Patriotism
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9780226315850
ISBN-13 : 0226315851
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Book Synopsis The Lost Promise of Patriotism by : Jonathan M. Hansen

Download or read book The Lost Promise of Patriotism written by Jonathan M. Hansen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years leading up to World War I, America experienced a crisis of civic identity. How could a country founded on liberal principles and composed of increasingly diverse cultures unite to safeguard individuals and promote social justice? In this book, Jonathan Hansen tells the story of a group of American intellectuals who believed the solution to this crisis lay in rethinking the meaning of liberalism. Intellectuals such as William James, John Dewey, Jane Addams, Eugene V. Debs, and W. E. B. Du Bois repudiated liberalism's association with acquisitive individualism and laissez-faire economics, advocating a model of liberal citizenship whose virtues and commitments amount to what Hansen calls cosmopolitan patriotism. Rooted not in war but in dedication to social equity, cosmopolitan patriotism favored the fight against sexism, racism, and political corruption in the United States over battles against foreign foes. Its adherents held the domestic and foreign policy of the United States to its own democratic ideals and maintained that promoting democracy universally constituted the ultimate form of self-defense. Perhaps most important, the cosmopolitan patriots regarded critical engagement with one's country as the essence of patriotism, thereby justifying scrutiny of American militarism in wartime.


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