foundation of American political culture
This paper asks you to reflect on the thinkers and ideas that helped form the foundation of American political culture. Think back to some of the readings that we have gone over in class- the modern philosophers like Hobbes and Locke; the socio-political motivations of Winthrop and Paine; the Transcendentalists; and those involved in both the Women’s and African-American rights movements and describe how these ideas play out in the American political culture described by Tocqueville, Wolfe, and Putnam. Papers should be 4-6 pages in length, double-spaced, and must use Chicago style notes and bibliography citations. In order to do well on this paper, it is recommended that you use the prompt as your guide. The first part of the paper will describe the ideas of those who contributed to the foundations of American political thought, while in the second part of the paper you will make a cogent argument explaining how many of these ideas and themes are seen in our later readings of Tocqueville, Wolfe, and Putnam. [unique_solution]While you do not have to reference every thinker that we have read, you should include an adequate number, so you are able to substantively connect the thought of the earlier thinkers to the thought of the latter. This paper asks you to reflect on the thinkers and ideas that helped form the foundation of American political culture. Think back to some of the readings that we have gone over in class- the modern philosophers like Hobbes and Locke; the socio-political motivations of Winthrop and Paine; the Transcendentalists; and those involved in both the Women’s and African-American rights movements and describe how these ideas play out in the American political culture described by Tocqueville, Wolfe, and Putnam. Papers should be 4-6 pages in length, double-spaced, and must use Chicago style notes and bibliography citations. In order to do well on this paper, it is recommended that you use the prompt as your guide. The first part of the paper will describe the ideas of those who contributed to the foundations of American political thought, while in the second part of the paper you will make a cogent argument explaining how many of these ideas and themes are seen in our later readings of Tocqueville, Wolfe, and Putnam. While you do not have to reference every thinker that we have read, you should include an adequate number, so you are able to substantively connect the thought of the earlier thinkers to the thought of the latter.