Congress and the American TraditionTransaction Publishers - 363 Seiten Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the last decade, members of Congress have impeached a president, rejected or refused to consider presidential nominees, and appear in the media criticizing the chief executive. Congress does not exactly appear to be at risk of expiring. Regardless of how we perceive Congress today, more than forty years after Congress and the American Tradition was written, Burnham's questions, arguments, and political analysis still have much to tell us about freedom and political order. |
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... . Conditions of Liberty , 301 XXIV . What Is a Majority ?, 311 XXV . Leader of the Masses , Assembly of the People , 317 XXVI . Can Congress Survive ?, 333 INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION Most Americans would probably be.
... masses of people are an indispens- able verbal cement holding the fabric of any given type of society together .... [ T ] hey ordinarily work to serve and advance the interests of some particu- lar social group or class . " Nonetheless ...
... mass - man , largely lacking in individuality and driven , of course , by passions rather than by reason . Uniformity of opinion and feeling tends to seek representation in a dictatorial demagogue , a phenom- enon he calls " Bonapartism ...
... masses . " " 9 In short , liberty requires the greatest possible diffusion of power . The more diffuse the power is , the more latitude there is for individual freedom . When Burnham wrote The Machiavellins he was certainly no longer a ...
... masses , which renders the Presidency susceptible to Caesarism , or democratic despotism . As Burnham points out , democracy has two mean- ings , the will of the people , which he calls democracy ( or sometimes " democratism " ) , and ...
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The Diffusion of Power | 45 |
Power and Limits | 62 |
Public and Private | 75 |
The Place of Congress | 91 |
The Traditional Balance | 103 |
The Escape of the Treaty Power | 205 |
The Investigatory Power | 221 |
The Attack on Investigations | 236 |
Theoretical Gravediggers | 253 |
The Case Against Congress | 262 |
The Reform of Congress | 271 |
Democracy and Liberty | 281 |
The Logic of Democratism | 290 |
The Fall of Congress | 127 |
The LawMaking Power | 140 |
The Rise of the Fourth Branch | 157 |
The Purse | 169 |
And The Sword | 184 |
The Problem of Treaties | 194 |
Conditions of Liberty | 301 |
What Is a Majority | 311 |
Leader of the Masses Assembly of the People | 317 |
Can Congress Survive? | 333 |