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Dwa amerykańskie konserwatywne republikanizmy
Two American Conservative Republicanisms:

The Intellectual Origins of the American Conservative Right

Author(s): Tomasz Tulejski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Philosophy, History of ideas, Developing nations
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: republicanism; conservatism; Founding Fathers

Summary/Abstract: During the founding period of the United States, the ideological foundations of American political discourse were formed. The constitutional debate and the first years of the young republic showed the fundamental differences between the Founding Fathers. Their different conceptions of the Union and its essence created different currents within American republicanism. In the article, the author analyzes two conservative republicanisms that arose in the North and South of the United States. In his opinion, the northern republicanism of Hamilton, Ames, Adams and Marshall, emphasizing the negative side of human nature, had to appeal to power, which alone can tame particularisms and unite the efforts of all in one direction. Southerners, on the other hand, took as the starting point of their argument the organic nature and primordiality of the basic social structures that determine the scope of power, primarily federal.

  • Issue Year: 20/2023
  • Issue No: 87
  • Page Range: 219-242
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish
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