Liberalism and the culture of security :: the nineteenth-century rhetoric of reform /

Figures of protection and security are everywhere in American public discourse, from the protection of privacy or civil liberties to the protection of marriage or the unborn, and from social security to homeland security. Liberalism and the Culture of Security traces a crucial paradox in historical...

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1. Verfasser: Henry, Katherine, 1956-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:Figures of protection and security are everywhere in American public discourse, from the protection of privacy or civil liberties to the protection of marriage or the unborn, and from social security to homeland security. Liberalism and the Culture of Security traces a crucial paradox in historical and contemporary notions of citizenship: in a liberal democratic culture that imagines its citizens as self-reliant, autonomous, and inviolable, the truth is that claims for citizenship - particularly for marginalized groups such as women and slaves - have just as often been made in the nam.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817385101
081738510X

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