Better Guide Than Reason

Name: Better Guide Than Reason
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

In this seminal volume, M. E. Bradford defines the Old Whig political tradition in American thought, showing that the inheritance of the prescriptive anti-federalists still lives. For Bradford, important elements in our heritage from the American Revolution have been systematically hidden from our view by anachronistic and partisan scholarship > In this seminal volume, M. E. Bradford defines the Old Whig political tradition in American thought, showing that the inheritance of the prescriptive anti-federalists still lives. For Bradford, important elements in our heritage from the American Revolution have been systematically hidden from our view by anachronistic and partisan scholarship. He believes that other, more ideological components have been emphasized at the expense of the rest. Here he attempts to return us to our heritage. > I: ; A Teaching for Republicans: Roman History and the Nation\u2019s First Identity; The Heresy of Equality: A Reply to Harry Jaffa; Word From the y