Reconsidering American Liberalism Book

	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Introduction: The Role of Liberalism in American Politics	1
1	The Ambiguous Legacy of Puritanism	13
	Puritan Doctrine	13
	Some Consequences of Puritanism	16
2	John Locke and the Theory of Liberal Constitutionalism	23
	The Theory Outlined	24
	The Individual in Society	25
	Property and the Economy	27
	Society Government, and the Theory of Consent	32
3	Liberalism, Republicanism, and Revolution	41
	Liberalism and Revolution	43
	The Republican Correction	46
4	Liberalism, Republicanism, and the Constitution	55
	The Two American Constitutions	56
	The Federalist and the Defense of the Constitution	58
	Hamilton, Madison, and the Ambiguities of The Federalist	64
	The Response of the Anti-Federalist Opposition	66
5	Defining the Constitutional Text and the Emergence of Party Politics	73
	Franklin, Adams, Paine, and the Ambiguities of Transition	73
	Hamilton, Jefferson, and the Emergence of Party Politics	77
	The Hamiltonian Theory	77
	The Jeffersonian Theory	81
6	Some Notes on Jacksonian Democracy	93
	The Jacksonian Ideology	93
	Industrialism and the Ideology of Work	96
	Reflections on the Whig Opposition	98
	Coda: Tocqueville on American Democracy	99
7	Abolition and the Crisis of Liberalism	107
	Slavery in the Constitution	107
	Calhoun, Fitzhugh, and the Attempt to Legitimate Slavery	109
	Ideas and Tactics in the Antislavery Movement	114
8	Laissez-Faire Conservatism and the Legitimation of Corporate Capitalism	127
	Laissez-Faire, Conservative Darwinism, and the New Legitimacy	129
	The Impact of Laissez-Faire Conservatism	134
9	The Dilemmas of Populist Reform	137
	The Enigma of Populism	138
10	The Problem of Progressivism	149
	The New Nationalism	152
	The New Freedom	155
	Some Preliminary Conclusions	158
	Coda: John Dewey and the Philosophy of Progressivism	161
11	The New Deal and the Apotheosis of Reform	169
	The Two New Deals	172
	The Legacy of the New Deal	176
12	Liberalism in Search of New Directions	181
	Social Science as Liberal Ideology	186
	Stirrings of Discontent	192
	The New Left: Corporate Liberalism and Participatory Democracy	197
13	Race, Gender, Difference, and Equality	203
	The Problem of Racial Equality	203
	The Feminist Challenge to Liberalism	216
	Liberalism, Postmodernism, and Multiculturalism	222
14	Liberalism in Retreat: The Conservative Critique	235
	Conservatism as a Movement	236
	A Typology of Conservatives	238
	Straussian Conservatism and American Politics	255
15	Rights-Based Liberalism	269
	Rights in Contemporary Liberalism	270
	Rights Theory After Rawls	280
16	Problems of Liberalism: Rights, Economy, Community, and the State	287
	The Communitarian Critique of Liberalism	287
	Democratic Populism as a Critique of Liberalism	294
	Social Democracy and the Liberal Tradition	307
17	Conclusion	327
	Notes	343
	About the Book and Author	421
	Index	423