TY - GEN AB - In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, James Ceaser traces the way certain "foundational" ideas-including nature, history, and religion-have been understood and used over the course of American history. Ceaser treats these ideas as elements of political discourse that provide the ground for other political ideas, such as liberty or equality. Three critical commentators challenge Ceaser's arguments, and a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics ensues. AU - Ceaser, James W, AU - Ceaser, James W., AU - Rakove, Jack N, AU - Rakove, Jack N., AU - Rosenblum, Nancy L, AU - Rosenblum, Nancy L., AU - Smith, Rogers M., CN - JA84.U5 -- C432 2006eb DO - 10.4159/9780674029309 DO - doi ID - 1478275 JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 KW - Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge). KW - Ideology. KW - Political science KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674029309 N2 - In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, James Ceaser traces the way certain "foundational" ideas-including nature, history, and religion-have been understood and used over the course of American history. Ceaser treats these ideas as elements of political discourse that provide the ground for other political ideas, such as liberty or equality. Three critical commentators challenge Ceaser's arguments, and a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics ensues. SN - 9780674029309 T1 - Nature and History in American Political Development :A Debate / TI - Nature and History in American Political Development :A Debate / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674029309 ER -