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05750aam a2200577 i 4500 001 A0E83294E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 160811s2016 ksu b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2016026151 020 $a 0700623345 020 $a 9780700623341 035 $a (OCoLC)947148894 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E340.C15 $b G76 2016 082 00 $a 973.5092 $2 23 084 $a POL010000 $a HIS036040 $a POL010000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Grove, John G., $e author. 245 10 $a John C. Calhoun's theory of Republicanism / $c John G. Grove. 264 1 $a Lawrence, Kansas : $b University Press of Kansas, $c [2016] 300 $a viii, 213 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a American political thought 520 $a "John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), the South Carolinian who served as a congressman, a senator, and the seventh vice president of the United States, is best known for his role in southern resistance to abolition and his doctrine of state nullification. But he was also an accomplished political thinker, articulating the theory of the "concurrent majority." This theory, John G. Grove contends, is a rare example of American political thought resting on classical assumptions about human nature and political life. By tracing Calhoun's ideas over the course of his political career, Grove unravels the relationship between the theory of the concurrent majority and civic harmony, constitutional reform, and American slavery. In doing so, Grove distinguishes Calhoun's political philosophy from his practical, political commitment to states' rights and slavery, and identifies his ideas as a genuinely classical form of republicanism that focuses on the political nature of mankind, public virtue, and civic harmony. Man was a social creature, Calhoun argued, and the role of government was to maximize society's ability to thrive. The requirements of social harmony, not abstract individual rights, were therefore the foundation of political order. Hence the concurrent majority permitted the unique elements in any given society to pursue their interests as long as these did not damage the whole society; it forced rulers to act in the interest of the whole. John C. Calhoun's Theory of Republicanism offers a close analysis of the historical development of this idea from a basic, inherited republican ideology into a well-defined political theory. In the process, this book demonstrates that Calhoun's infamous defense of American slavery, while unwavering, was intellectually shallow and, in some ways, contradicted his highly developed political theory."-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This is a book about the political thought of John C. Calhoun. Grove traces Calhoun's thought back to classical Republicanism with its emphasis on the importance of seeing humans as social creatures and government as a necessity in order to curb the selfish impulses of individual rulers or domineering majorities. Grove sees Calhoun as a critic of the liberal individualistic theory that was so common at the time and which emphasized the idea of natural rights and governments as a contract with individuals. Calhoun in contrast looked at government as a body that mediated between social groups and facilitated social interaction. In arguing for a concurrent majority Calhoun suggested that government functioned best if they enabled minorities to resist the tendency of majorities or the powerful to run over the rights of minority groups. In his day, of course, the reference to minority groups did not encompass African-Americans."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: John C. Calhoun and Classical Republicanism -- 1. The Republicanism of the Disquisition and the Discourse -- 2. Calhoun's Early Republicanism -- 3. Power, Patronage, and Party Discipline: Calhoun's Turn -- 4. A Conservative Reform: Calhoun and Nullification -- 5. More than Eulogies: Calhoun and the Preservation of the Union -- 6. "A Southern Man and a Slaveholder": Calhoun's Political Philosophy and Slavery -- Conclusion: An Internal Critique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 600 10 $a Calhoun, John C. $q (John Caldwell), $d 1782-1850 $x Political and social views. 600 17 $a Calhoun, John C. $q (John Caldwell), $d 1782-1850. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00046306 650 0 $a Republicanism $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Political science $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slavery $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x Conservatism & Liberalism. $x Conservatism & Liberalism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $z United States $x 19th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x History & Theory. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Political and social views. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 650 7 $a Political science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069781 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Republicanism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01095066 650 7 $a Slavery $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120480 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a American political thought. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210023005.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170203032027.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A0E83294E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search