{"product_id":"vindicating-the-commercial-republic-9781498553490","title":"Vindicating the Commercial Republic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContrary to most academic commentary on The Federalist, this book contends that the most significant teachings of the work did not have to do with the institutions of government so much as with the non-institutional features of American constitutionalism, specifically its advocacy for greater union, the development of an unparalleled culture of enterprise, and provision for war. Key to understanding why these features were so critical to The Federalist is the work's rejection of classical liberalism's orthodoxy that commercial republics were moderate or pacific in nature rather than spirited, enterprising, and warlike. Using the ancient historian Thucydides account of the daring, innovation, and restlessness of ancient commercial Athens as an interpretive guide for the commercial republican theory that The Federalist embraces, this book provides a sweeping reinterpretation of American constitutionalism. At the heart of The Federalist's teaching, Peacock contends, is the intention to cr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeacock identifies a theme in The Federalist that too many scholars have ignored. Rereading Publius in light of the argument that the commercial republic is a positive good rather than a necessary compromise reveals significant insights previously ignored. I have no doubt that America would be better off—not only economically but politically and socially—if the entrepreneurial spirit Anthony Peacock identifies were renewed. * Claremont Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Peacock provides a helpful contribution to the study of the Federalist Papers. Contrary to much scholarship, he presents a Publius who, following Thucydides and not Montesquieu, views commercial republics as spirited and warlike. At the same time, Peacock demands we also see another less-accepted view in the Federalist, namely the potential of such republics to cultivate virtue. In this effort, he wisely reminds us of a central intention of this great work: the development of the American character. -- Adam M. Carrington, Hillsdale College\u003cbr\u003eA new look at the kind of society The Federalist promotes in order to nourish the political institutions it describes. In this original and valuable study Anthony Peacock finds a spirited commercialism recommended there in the mode of Thucydides, not merely passionless, economic avarice. -- Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eThis book, overall, constitutes the most thoroughly integrated discussion of The Federalist Papers yet produced. At the same time, it presents the most comprehensive review of scholarship on The Federalist Papers ever produced. The main contribution of this book is its careful development of a theory of interpretation of the underlying text that spawns a very careful review of the argument of the book as a whole. This work has no peer in a very long list of works addressing the general topic of The Federalist Papers. It has superceded all prior productions on this subject. -- William B. Allen, Michigan State University\u003cbr\u003eThis book, overall, constitutes the most thoroughly integrated discussion of The Federalist Papers yet produced. At the same time, it presents the most comprehensive review of scholarship on The Federalist Papers ever produced. The main contribution of this book is its careful development of a theory of interpretation of the underlying text that spawns a very careful review of the argument of the book as a whole. This work has no peer in a very long list of works addressing the general topic of The Federalist Papers. It has superceded all prior productions on this subject. -- William B. Allen, Michigan State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Need to Vindicate the American Commercial Republic\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Foundations in Principle of The Federalist’s Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Natural Rights and A New Commercial Republican Theory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The Spirited Nature of Commercial Republics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Taming the Commercial Republic\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Thucydides and The Federalist\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The Virtue of Enterprise\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Federalists 11-14 and the Spirit of Enterprise\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Enterprise and the High Politics of American Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: War and the Impossibility of An Insularity Doctrine\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Constitutional Powers and The Federalist’s High-Toned Politics\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Commercial Republic and The American Way of War\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040761348439,"sku":"9781498553490","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498553490.jpg?v=1750947757","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vindicating-the-commercial-republic-9781498553490","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}