The Emerson Effect Download

Author: Christopher Newfield
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0226577007

The Emerson Effect: Individualism and Submission in America

This book presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. Get The Emerson Effect literature books for free.
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Christopher Newfield analyzes the interplay of liberal and authoritarian impulses in Emerson's work in various domains: domestic life, the changing New England economy, theories of poetic language, homoerotic friendship, and racial hierarchy. Focusing on neglected later writings, Newfield shows how Emerson explored the tensions between autonomy and community-and consistently resolved these tensions by "abandoning crucial elements of both" and redefining autonomy as a kind of liberating subjection. He argues that in Emersonian individualism, self-determination is accompanied by submission to a Check The Emerson Effect our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

The Emerson Effect Download

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Christopher Newfield analyzes the interplay of liberal and authoritarian impulses in Emerson's work in various domains: domestic life, the changing New England economy, theories of poetic language, homoerotic friendship, and racial hierarchy He argues that in Emersonian individualism, self-determination is accompanied by submission to a

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