Screen LibraryThe Cambridge companion to the Federalist /
"For well over a century, the authorship of the individual essays of The Federalist was a matter of great uncertainty. The initial source of this uncertainty simply reflected the conventional practices of eighteenth-century political writing, when most polemical pieces, especially those appeari...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge companions to philosophy
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"For well over a century, the authorship of the individual essays of The Federalist was a matter of great uncertainty. The initial source of this uncertainty simply reflected the conventional practices of eighteenth-century political writing, when most polemical pieces, especially those appearing in newspapers, were published pseudonymously. When Alexander Hamilton, the instigator and chief author of The Federalist, chose Publius as the pen name, he was paying homage to Valerius Publius Publicola, the 6th-century B.C.E. aristocrat who was a chief founder of the Roman republic. His two co-authors, James Madison and John Jay, would have welcomed his choice. Madison in particular would have saluted Publius' distinguished republican credentials. A major part of Madison's preparations for the Federal Convention of 1787 involved his comparative study of 'ancient and modern confederacies' and his thorough assessment of the failings of popular government recorded in his famous memorandum on the 'Vices of the Political System of the United States.' Madison returned to that project shortly after the Convention adjourned on September 17, 1787. Within the next few years, he developed an even more ambitious plan (apparently never fulfilled) consulting writings either from antiquity or about it to provide the framework for a study of modern republican government"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 607 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781316501849 (paperback) : 1316501841 (paperback) 9781107136397 (hardcover) 1107136393 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | JK155 |
| CLC: | D971.21-09 |
| Call Number: | D971.21-09/C178 |
| Contents: |
Publius and the Antifederalists : "a satisfactory answer to all the objections?" / John Jay, the Federalist, and the Constitution / "A vigorous national government" : Hamilton on security, war, and revenue / "The known opinion of the impartial world" : foreign relations and the law of nations in the Federalist / The Federalist's new federalism / The political psychology of Publius : reason, interest, and interest in the Federalist / Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, and the philosophical perspective of the Federalist / Madison's republican remedy : the tenth Federalist and the creation of an impartial republic / The republicanism of Publius : the American way of life / "The interest of the man" : James Madison's constitutional politics / Politics indoors and out-of-doors : a fault line in Madison's thinking / "The cool and deliberate sense of the community" : the Federalist on Congress / Publius on monarchy / The genius of Hamilton and the birth of the modern theory of the judiciary / Publius' political science / The republican form of government in the Federalist / |