Founding Fictions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780817357344)

An extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845

Founding Fictions develops the concept of a "political fiction," or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned American citizens as either romantic heroes, tragic victims, or ironic partisans. By re-telling the stories that Americans have told themselves about citizenship, Mercieca highlights an important contradiction in American political theory and practice: that national stability and active citizen participation are perceived as fundamentally at odds.


Author: Jennifer R. Mercieca
ISBN-10: 0817357343
ISBN-13: 9780817357344
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d