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- Title: The Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the Constitution
- Author: Sheldon S. Wolin
- ISBN: 9780801841163
- Page: 252
- Format: Paperback
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Excellent overview of basic issues of citizenship and participatory democracy in the light of American revolutionary history and the Constitution Highly recommended reading for any would be or budding left liberal.While not taking a Beardian economics angle on the creation of the constitution, Wolin does note that its most specifically republican features are arguably its most anti democratic, and not by accident He goes on to a thorough analysis of The Federalist, Hobbes, Locke and other empiri [...]
Wolin s essay on Birthright is seminal His analysis of the difference between contractual and transformational relationships in the political arena is very important Our current practice of marketing politics not only reduces citizenship to a passive state, it robs us of the power to act on our work behalf Citizenship is not longer a value, preferences replace dialogue and negotiation.