The Resource Our Declaration : a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality, Danielle Allen
Our Declaration : a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality, Danielle Allen
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- Summary
- Allen makes the case that we cannot have freedom as individuals without equality among us as a people. Evoking the colonial world between 1774 and 1777, Allen describes the challenges faced by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston--the "Committee of Five" who had to write a document that reflected the aspirations of a restive population and forge an unprecedented social contract. Although the focus is usually on Jefferson, Allen restores credit not only to John Adams and Richard Henry Lee but also to clerk Timothy Matlack and printer Mary Katherine Goddard. Allen also restores the text of the Declaration itself. Its list of self-evident truths does not end with our individual right to the "pursuit of happiness" but with the collective right of the people to reform government so that it will "effect their Safety and Happiness." The sentence laying out the self-evident truths leads us from the individual to the community--from our individual rights to what we can achieve only together, as a community constituted by bonds of equality
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 315 pages
- Contents
-
- Night teaching
- Patrimony
- Loving democracy
- Animating the Declaration
- The writer
- The politicos
- The Committee
- The editors
- The people
- On memos
- On moral sense
- On doing things with words
- On words and power
- When in the course of human events
- Just another word for river
- One people
- We are your equals
- An echo
- It becomes necessary
- The laws of nature
- And nature's god
- Kinds of necessity
- We hold these truths
- Sound bites
- Sticks and stones
- Self-interest?
- Self-evidence
- Magic tricks
- The creator
- Creation
- Beautiful optimism
- Prudence
- Dreary pessimism
- Life's turning points
- Tyranny
- Facts?
- Life histories
- Plagues
- Portrait of a tyrant
- The thirteenth way of looking at a tyrant
- The use and abuse of history
- Dashboards
- On potlucks
- If actions speak louder than words
- Responsiveness
- We must, therefore, acquiesce
- Friends, enemies, and blood relations
- On oath
- Real equality
- What's in a name?
- Isbn
- 9780871406903
- Label
- Our Declaration : a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality
- Title
- Our Declaration
- Title remainder
- a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality
- Statement of responsibility
- Danielle Allen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Allen makes the case that we cannot have freedom as individuals without equality among us as a people. Evoking the colonial world between 1774 and 1777, Allen describes the challenges faced by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston--the "Committee of Five" who had to write a document that reflected the aspirations of a restive population and forge an unprecedented social contract. Although the focus is usually on Jefferson, Allen restores credit not only to John Adams and Richard Henry Lee but also to clerk Timothy Matlack and printer Mary Katherine Goddard. Allen also restores the text of the Declaration itself. Its list of self-evident truths does not end with our individual right to the "pursuit of happiness" but with the collective right of the people to reform government so that it will "effect their Safety and Happiness." The sentence laying out the self-evident truths leads us from the individual to the community--from our individual rights to what we can achieve only together, as a community constituted by bonds of equality
- Summary
- Explores three major themes of the Declaration, equality, liberty, and the abiding power of language, while discussing the challenges of writing a document designed to forge a social contract that reflected the desires of the population
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- 10316921
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Allen, Danielle S.
- Dewey number
- 973.3/13
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E221
- LC item number
- .A475 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- United States.
- Equality
- Target audience
- adult
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- a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality
- Label
- Our Declaration : a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality, Danielle Allen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Night teaching -- Patrimony -- Loving democracy -- Animating the Declaration -- The writer -- The politicos -- The Committee -- The editors -- The people -- On memos -- On moral sense -- On doing things with words -- On words and power -- When in the course of human events -- Just another word for river -- One people -- We are your equals -- An echo -- It becomes necessary -- The laws of nature -- And nature's god -- Kinds of necessity -- We hold these truths -- Sound bites -- Sticks and stones -- Self-interest? -- Self-evidence -- Magic tricks -- The creator -- Creation -- Beautiful optimism -- Prudence -- Dreary pessimism -- Life's turning points -- Tyranny -- Facts? -- Life histories -- Plagues -- Portrait of a tyrant -- The thirteenth way of looking at a tyrant -- The use and abuse of history -- Dashboards -- On potlucks -- If actions speak louder than words -- Responsiveness -- We must, therefore, acquiesce -- Friends, enemies, and blood relations -- On oath -- Real equality -- What's in a name?
- Control code
- 20264372
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 315 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871406903
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014009825
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn876140489
- (OCoLC)876140489
- Label
- Our Declaration : a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality, Danielle Allen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Night teaching -- Patrimony -- Loving democracy -- Animating the Declaration -- The writer -- The politicos -- The Committee -- The editors -- The people -- On memos -- On moral sense -- On doing things with words -- On words and power -- When in the course of human events -- Just another word for river -- One people -- We are your equals -- An echo -- It becomes necessary -- The laws of nature -- And nature's god -- Kinds of necessity -- We hold these truths -- Sound bites -- Sticks and stones -- Self-interest? -- Self-evidence -- Magic tricks -- The creator -- Creation -- Beautiful optimism -- Prudence -- Dreary pessimism -- Life's turning points -- Tyranny -- Facts? -- Life histories -- Plagues -- Portrait of a tyrant -- The thirteenth way of looking at a tyrant -- The use and abuse of history -- Dashboards -- On potlucks -- If actions speak louder than words -- Responsiveness -- We must, therefore, acquiesce -- Friends, enemies, and blood relations -- On oath -- Real equality -- What's in a name?
- Control code
- 20264372
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 315 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871406903
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014009825
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn876140489
- (OCoLC)876140489
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