Abstract:American political thought is rooted in an assumption of popular sovereignty first articulated in
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville. Despite this shared assumption, the story of American political thought has been told in many different ways. Three genres stand out. The first is written within the larger framework of intellectual and cultural history, taking the form of anthology and narrative summary. Among its most prominent features are an eclecticism of the sources and a… Show more
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