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Chargement... The Jefferson Image in the American Mindpar Merrill D. Peterson
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Reading the preface and prologue prepares the reader for the development of the theme of this book. Reading this with an open mind, without patriotic prejudice or "patriotic faith" can be the stepping stone to how the image we were taught in grade school was not the only one. The late M. Peterson's perspective is like unraveling what was really going on during the infancy of the nation. I found reading this book thus far was an exercise in what Jefferson said: "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind." page 443, epilogue. (1960 edition) 2908 The Jefferson Image in the American Mind, by Merrill D. Peterson (read 15 Sep 1996) I much enjoyed the author's great book Lincoln in American Memory, and so decided to read this book. This book is considerably more theoretical than the Lincoln book, and while the shifts in view as to Jefferson are interesting it is harder to get excited about than such as to Lincoln. The bibliography is thorough but dated. I did not greatly enjoy the book, though it said interesting and good things. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Since its publication in 1960, The Jefferson Image in the American Mind has become a classic of historical scholarship. In it Merrill D. Peterson charts Thomas Jefferson's influence upon American thought and imagination since his death in 1826. Peterson's focus is "not primarily with the truth or falsity of the image either as a whole or in its parts, but rather with its illuminations of the evolving culture and its shaping power. It is posterity's configuration of Jefferson. Even more, however, it is a sensitive reflector, through several generations, of America's troubled search of the image of itself." In a new Introduction Peterson discusses the publication of his book and remarks in the directions of new scholarship. He also draws attention to the continuing interest in Jefferson as shown by recent historical fiction, motion pictures and documentaries, by the remaning of the Libarary of Congress main building and the National Gallery of Art's exhibition, The Eye of Thomas Jefferson, by President William Jefferson Clinton's preinagural pilgrimage to Monticello, and by the Sotheby's auction of a Jefferson letter that commanded the highest auction price ever paid for such a manuscript. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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More generally, Peterson examines how Jefferson was appealed to by Democrats and Republicans both, including how his populism/states’ rights positions were used in the lead-up to the Civil War and as a justification for the New Deal. Given Jefferson’s focus on limited government, this last required a change in levels of generality: Jefferson was for maximizing individual freedom, and, given the change in economic realities and the increased power of private entities to constrain freedom, a more active government was required to do what a limited government in the past did for the people. The overall ideal, not the principles, of Jefferson were all that survived by the time Roosevelt christened his monument: it was the “disintegration” of the Jeffersonian philosophy of government that heralded his canonization. Ultimately, Jefferson’s eloquence on the ideals of freedom and Americans’ desire for a tradition to appeal to sustained him in myth, memory, and legend. ( )