Lost Soul of American Politics Virtue, Self-Interest, and the Foundations of Liberalism

The Lost Soul of American Politicsis a provocative new interpretation of American political thought from the Founding Fathers to the Neo-Conservatives. Reassessing the motives and intentions of such great political thinkers as Madison, Thoreau, Lincoln, and Emerson, John P. Diggins shows how these men struggled to create an alliance between the politics of self-interest and a religious sense of moral responsibility--a tension that still troubles us today.Diggins, John P. is the author of 'Lost Soul of American Politics Virtue, Self-Interest, and the Foundations of Liberalism' with ISBN 9780226148779 and ISBN 0226148777.