{"product_id":"allegories-of-america-9781501727801","title":"Allegories of America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllegories of America\u003c\/i\u003e offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the metaphysics of American-ness and stops along the way to reflect on John Winthrop, the Constitution, 1950s behavioralist social science, James Merrill, and William Burroughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pressing problem, in Dolan''s view, is how to find a vocabulary for politics in the absence of European metaphysics. American political thinkers, he suggests, might respond by approaching their own theories as allegories. The postmodern dilemma of the loss of traditional absolutes would thus assume the status of a national mythologyAmerica''s perennial identity crisis in the absence of a tradition establishing the legitimacy of its founding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter examining the mid-Atlantic sermons of John Winthrop, the spiritual founding father, Dolan reflects on the authority of the Constitution and the \u003ci\u003eFedera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409332248919,"sku":"9781501727801","price":16.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501727801.jpg?v=1730506452","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/allegories-of-america-9781501727801","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}