The Dissent of the Governed: A Meditation on Law, Religion, and Loyalty by Stephen L. Carter ISBN 13: 9780674212657

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harvard University Press, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Harvard University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harvard. Used - Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

Harvard University Press, April 1998. Hardcover. Acceptable.

Harvard University Press, 1998-04-12. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Harvard University Press, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN 0-674-21265-7.. Fine in Fine dustjacket..

Harvard University Press, 1998. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0674212657

Harvard University Press, 1998. hbk 167pp excellent in dj in protective sleeve as new this is an original printing of this edition and is available for immediate shipping

Harvard University Press, 1998-04-12. Hardcover. Used:Good.

ISBN: 9780674212657
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS,
08 May 1998 Hardback , 176 pages
Description
This text defends dialogue that negotiates conflict and keeps democracy alive, and at the same time it protrays America as dying from a refusal to engage in such a dialogue, a polity where everybody speaks, but nobody listens. It diagnoses the ailment of the body politic as the unwillingness of people in power to hear disagreement unless forced to, and precribes a new process of response. At the heart of this work is a re-reading of the Declaration of Independence that puts dissent, not consent, at the centre of the question of legitimacy of democratic government. The author argues that liberal constitutional ethos - the tendency to assume that the nation must everywhere be morally the same - pressures citizens to be other than themselves when being themselves would lead to disobedience. This he argues is particularly hard on the religious citizen whose sense of community may be quite different from that of the… Read More

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