1995 Kittrie THE WAR AGAINST AUTHORITY revolution CIVIL WAR protest POWER change

Description: Author: Nicholas N. Kittrie Title: The War Against Authority: From the Crisis of Legitimacy to a New Social Contract Binding: hardcover, no dust jacket Size: about 7" x 9" Pagination: 304pp Published: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995 Condition: Ex library copy, with expected spine label, circulation card inside rear cover, pencilled catalog annotations, stamps &c. Also owners name, inside front cover. Otherwise a strong copy, acceptable for reading. An interesting historical study of our modern tendency towards questioning authority (of Church, State, or mainstream culture), the ways in which it plays out in the media and in violent confrontations, the ways revolutionaries are portrayed and make headway against entrenched resistance, and so on. See photos for detailed contents. [OCR is approximate, as always] Contents Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: THE SEARCH FOR LEGITIMACY We and They The Decline of the Old Order Center Stage: Protest, Insurgency, and Political Crime The New Consent of the Governed PART ONE The Contest between "Autonomy" and "Authority" Chapter 1 FIREBRANDS: CONTENDERS FOR CHANGE Prometheus-The Deification of Rebels Searching for Common Threads Variations on a Psychological Theme The Dynamics of Radicalization Insanity and the Political Offender Honor for the Undeserving: The Rush to Be Political Accent on the Positive Chapter 2 ABUSE OF POWER: THE ROOTS OF REBELLION The Demonization of Authority The Other Face of Janus: Despotism, Tyranny, and Dictatorship Modern Repression, Genocide, and Other Abuses of Power From Abuse of Power to Resistance Authority and Its Discontents PART TWO Defiance and Enforcement of Authority in America: "A Land Heaven Smiled Upon" Chapter 3 A REBELLIOUS NATION: SEEDS OF DISCONTENT 81 Painting a National Portrait: Approaches to the Struggle between Authority and Autonomy English and Colonial Foundations The Revolutionary Era: Traitors or Warriors? From Revolution to Constitution Treason after the Constitution From the Whiskey Rebellion to the Alien and Sedition Acts 81 84 89 94 100 103 Chapter 4 SHARING IN THE BENEFITS OF THE PROMISED LAND Dividing the Spoils of Liberty The Civil War: Southern Treason or Northern Aggression? From Political Secession to Class Warfare From the Great Crusade to the Red Scare Chapter 5 PEOPLE POWER: JUSTICE IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY Liberty in an Age of Totalitarianism The Wages of the "Cold War" The Explosion of Protest Insurgency and Alienated Violence American Justice in Extremis Political Dissidence and Americas Quest for Justice PART THREE Protest, Rebellion, and Secession: The Crisis of Legitimacy Worldwide apter 6 RESPONSES TO REBELLION: THE QUEST FOR THE "HONORABLE" OFFENDER The Gravest of All Offenses: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages From the Renaissance to the Revolutionary Era The Outreach of the French Revolution A Tale of Two Countries: Great Britain and France to the Mid-Nineteenth Century The Trembling of the Ruling Classes: 1848 to World War I The Lands of the Double-Headed Eagles: Central and Eastern Europe Chapter 7 THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE: POLITICAL REBELS AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM The Decline of Liberalism between the World Wars The Road to Totalitarianism The Post-World War II Era The Decline of "Politicals" in the Age of Terror Political Dissidence, Resistance, and Insurgency at the End of the Twentieth Century PART FOUR From the Crisis of Authority to the Restoration of Legitimacy Chapter 8 LEGITIMACY IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD The Crisis of Legitimacy and the Future of Public Order Looking for the Lodestar While Groping in the Dark A Rebellious Nation No More? The Vulnerabilities of America Promises and Unsatisfied Expectations The Quest for New Legitimacy Epilogue: TOWARD A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT Notes Index «2018» Take a close look at the auction images for details of contents and condition. If you have any questions at all please send a message through eBay before bidding. Be sure to check our eBay Store for thousands of other listings like this one. Orders will be sent out the next business day after receipt of payment. If youre in a hurry and would like expedited shipping (Priority or Express shipping), please let us know before paying so we can adjust your invoice. Books are sent Media Rate within the US, and other small items are sent Parcel by default. If you would like combined shipping, please (1) contact us to let us know, and then (2) wait to pay until youre finished shopping (but try to keep it within a 4 day period, please). Just leave the items in your eBay Cart and then request an updated invoice after youre done. If you pay for an item, we are obliged to ship it to you, and cannot combine it with subsequent purchases. If youre waiting for a separate auction item to finish, please contact us to let us know. _gsrx_vers_1706 (GS 9.9 (1706))

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