Our Declaration
Subtitle: a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality
By: Danielle Allen
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781631490446
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: United States; Declaration of Independence (United States); Equality; Textual Criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Origins; title: 1. Night teaching; title: 2. Patrimony; title: 3. Loving democracy; title: 4. Animating the Declaration; title: Part II. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?; title: 5. The writer; title: 6. The politicos; title: 7. The committee; title: 8. The editors; title: 9. The people; title: Part III. The art of democratic writing; title: 10. On memos; title: 11. On moral sense; title: 12. On doing things wtih words; title: 13. On words and power; title: Part IV. Reading the course of events; title: 14. When in the course of human events...; title: 15. Just another word for river; title: 16. One people; title: 17. We are your equals; title: 18. An echo; title: Part V. Facing necessity; title: 19. ...it becomes necessity...; title: 20. The laws of nature; title: 21. And nature's god; title: 22. Kinds of necessity; title: Part VI. Matters of principle; title: 23. We hold these truths...; title: 24. Sounds bites; title: 25. Sticks and stones; title: 26. Self-interest?; title: 27. Self-evidence; title: 28. Magic tricks; title: 29. The creator; title: 30. Creation; title: 31. Beautiful optimism; title: Part VII. Matters of fact; title: 32. Prudence... 33. Dreary pessimism; title: 34. Life's turning points; title: 35. Tyranny; title: 36. Facts?; title: 37. Life histories; title: 38. Plagues; title: 39. Portrait of a tyrant; title: 40. The thirteenth way of looking at a tyrant; title: 41. The use and abuse of history; title: 42. Dashboards; title: 43. On potlucks; title: 44. If actions speak louder than words...; title: 45. Responsiveness; title: Part VIII. Drawing conclusions; title: 46. We must, therefore, acquiesce...; title: 47. Friends, enemies, and blood relations; title: 48. On oath; title: 49. Real equality; title: 50. What's in a name?; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Resources; title: Acknowledgments; title: Illustration credits; title: Index.