Debating the American State: Liberal Anxieties and the New Leviathan, 193-197

Anne M. Kornhauser

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2015

Debating the American State

Liberal Anxieties and the New Leviathan, 193-197

Anne M. Kornhauser

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291155

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Through a broad and unusual cast of characters—from American social scientists and legal academics, to German refugee intellectuals, to the philosopher John Rawls—Debating the American State shows that the "leviathan" administrative state was never given a proper and principled justification by the liberals who built and supported it.

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Anne M. Kornhauser teaches history at the City College of New York.

Reviews

"An extremely well-researched and brilliantly analyzed study of the burgeoning growth and the missing legitimacy of the administrative state and its relationship to the ideal of the rule of law. Debating the American State is a stellar example of deep and rigorous transdisciplinarity."—Elizabeth Borgwardt, author of A New Deal for the World: America's Vision for Human Rights

"Richly detailed and sharply argued, this beautifully-realized intellectual history offers a fresh perspective on how key liberal thinkers, not least John Rawls, grappled with the American state the New Deal made. Anyone concerned to understand the immanent tensions characteristic of the inescapable collision between constitutional democracy and concentrated power should ponder this deep and original assessment, and should consider the compelling lessons and legacies it conveys."—Ira Katznelson, author of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

"Anne Kornhauser thinks with a flair of originality about important subjects and has a knack for explaining complicated political ideas in lucid, accessible language. Tracing in a highly original way how recent debates over liberalism originated during the New Deal and how they evolved since, her book is a major contribution to modern political and intellectual history and sheds light on the turbulent debates over democracy, the rule of law, and the power of the state with which we live."—Eric Foner, Columbia University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Leviathan and Its Discontents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Chapter 2. Democracy and Accountability in the Administrative State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter 3. The Rule of Law When the State Goes to War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Chapter 4. Liberal Democracy Conducts an Occupation and a War Crimes Tribunal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Chapter 5. Individual Autonomy and the Modern American State: The Philosophy of John Rawls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Keywords: American History; Public Policy; American Studies; Political Science

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Published: January 22, 2015
ISBN: 9780812291155