Disquisition On Government Calhoun Constitution Legal Classics States Civil War

Description: I ship Monday-Saturday, usually same day.Check the store new items added daily. I can combine/reduce shipping for multiple items. Condition Notes:=============See the 14 Photos for condition details. Listed as Good. Leatherbound with gilded pages edges and 22 kt Gold Spine. Gilded edges with some light markings/scuffs as shown in photos. Otherwise Very Good condition. Feel free to ask for more information or photos for this item. "A Disquisition on Government" is a political treatise written by John C. Calhoun, a prominent 19th-century American politician, where he argues for the concept of a "concurrent majority" to protect the interests of minority groups, particularly the Southern states, against the growing power of the Northern majority, especially regarding issues like tariffs and slavery; this work is considered a key text in understanding Calhoun's strong advocacy for states' rights and his views on the nature of government and the Constitution, which ultimately contributed to the growing sectional tensions leading up to the Civil War. "In Calhoun's last years he drafted two essays that set forth his ideas on political theory. The first and shorter essay, `The Disquisition on Government,' is the more significant in that Calhoun sought to develop a consistent theory of minority rights within the context of majority rule. He urged universal recognition of the inequality of mankind and the differentiation of social and economic concerns. For an organized society to work in a harmonious and practical sense, these differences, Calhoun contended, had to be recognized and then institutionalized. He was, of course, arguing for his section and its `peculiar institution,' but nowhere does he mention slavery in the essay. Calhoun's thought as developed in the "Disquisition," and to a lesser extent in his `Discourse on the Constitution,' remains an original contribution to the history of political theory. His assertion of pluralism in political representation has influenced diverse critics of society, including liberal supporters of civil rights and conservative defenders of special social and economic interests." --JOHN NIVEN

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