{"product_id":"the-american-as-anarchist-9781421430386","title":"The American as Anarchist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1978. When compared with socialist and communist systems in other nations, the impact of radicalism on American society seems almost nonexistent. David DeLeon challenges this position, however, by presenting a historical and theoretical perspective for understanding the scope and significance of dissent in America. From Anne Hutchinson in colonial New England to the New Left of the 1960s, DeLeon underscores a tradition of radical protest that has endured in American historya tradition of native anarchism that is fundamentally different from the radicalism of Europe, the Soviet Union, or nations of the Third World. DeLeon shows that a profound resistance to authority lies at the very heart of the American value system.   The first part of the book examines how Protestant belief, capitalism, and even the American landscape itself contributed to the unique character of American dissent. DeLeon then looks at the actions and ideologies of all major forms of American \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Genesis of Revelation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Conscience and Community \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Capitalism and Community \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Space and Community \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Jeremiads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Liberalism \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Right Libertarianism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Left Libertarianism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Statist Radicalism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Revival and Reformation, 1960-77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Old Visions of the New World\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Future of the Radical Past\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eGeneral Reference Bibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408129728855,"sku":"9781421430386","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-american-as-anarchist-9781421430386","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}