Congress and the American TraditionTransaction Publishers - 363 páginas 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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... facts in the world of space and time , the facts specif1cally pertaining to the struggle for power among men ... fact of life . The Machiavellians , " the only ones who have told us the full truth about power , " realistically ...
... fact of the greatest consequence for the character of the whole social structure and for the individuals living within that structure . ' . " 8 Liberty requires " the inter- play of autonomous social forces " that prevents the rulers ...
... fact , we could say that Burnham is pointing to a kind of struggle for power between abstract reason and " the ineluctable con- creteness of political facts . " In 1972 Burnham wrote that " conservatism can be considered humanist only ...
... fact , though real and part of historical life , is a paradox . Consider the problem of government from the point of view of the reflective individual . I , as an individual , do in fact submit myself ( at least within certain limits ) ...
... fact prove that government is essen- tial for the satisfying of human interests and values that are all but universal . And if government is necessary , then there must be someone , or some group , to govern . Therefore .... Well ...
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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 |