Friends and citizens : essays in honor of Wilson Carey McWilliams

The prominent contributors in Friends and Citizens examine the relationship between friendship and politics in American thought and contend that democratic politics is incomplete without citizen friendship, and, similarly, friends need political life to provide a framework for virtue. This volume honors Wilson Carey McWilliams, a leading teacher and scholar of our time. Fourteen essays, by teachers, colleagues and students, pay tribute to him as friend and citizen, and seek to share their understanding of McWilliams's thinking through their own analyses of American political life. Friends and Citizens is rich in the humor, insights, heritage, despair and hope that characterize the work of Carey McWilliams and his unique vision of America's political promise. This is an important book for anyone interested in modern politics. Introduction: What Wilson Carey Mcwilliams Saw In America / Patrick J. Deneen And Joseph Romance -- First Things (the Problem Of Human Pride): Political Philosophy's Response To The Challenge Of Creation / Thomas L. Pangle -- Friendship And Fraternity (overcoming Pride): Friendship And Politics: Ancient And American / Patrick J. Deneen -- Politics And Friendship In The Adams-jefferson Correspondence / Jean M. Yarbrough -- Politics And Friendship: Martin Van Buren And Andrew Jackson / Marc Landy -- Seeing Differently And Seeing Further: Rousseau And Tocqueville / Tracy B. Strong -- Damn Your Eyes! Thoreau On (male) Friendship In America / Norman Jacobson -- Jane Addams And Democratic Citizenship / Bob Pepperman Taylor -- Citizens (aristocratic And Democratic): The Natural History Of Citizenship / Dennis Hale -- Political Parties, The Constitution, And Popular Sovereignty / Sidney M. Milkis -- Lincoln And The Politics Of Refounding / Joseph Romance -- The Ordinary Hero And American Democracy / Gerald M. Pomper -- Wilson Carey Mcwilliams And Communitarianism / Mac Mccorkle And David E. Price -- From Community Theory To Democratic Practice / Edward A. Schwartz -- Conclusion (virtue And Democracy): Majority Tyranny In Aristotle And Tocqueville / Harvey C. Mansfield. Edited By Peter Dennis Bathory And Nancy L. Schwartz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This is a collection of essays that honour Wilson Carey McWilliams as a leader and scholar. The 14 essays pay tribute to him as a friend and citizen and seek to share their understanding of McWilliams's thinking through their own analyses of American political life.