The Declaration of Independence (Revolutions)
Contributors: Michael Hardt (Editor)
Publisher: Verso
Published: August 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781844671571
Subjects: Political science & theory; History; Politics / Current Events; History: American; USA; History & Theory - Radical Thought; United States - Revolutionary War; History / United States / General; General
First sentence: The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Description: "In 1776 Thomas Jefferson, a future president, authored the most explosive document in the history of America: The Declaration of Independence, formally severing the link between America and the British state. Michael Hardt, co-author of the groundbreaking Empire and Multitude, examines this and other texts by Jefferson, arguing that his powerful concept of democracy is, seen through contemporary eyes, a biting critique of the current American Administration's tyranny"--P. [4] of cover.