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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... respects to the ideal of justice , which a man can conceive but can never attain , is a utopia , and the utopia be- comes frankly dangerous when it succeeds in bringing a large mass of intel- ment strong enough to have a fair chance of ...
... respect to issues that have been under discussion in these two chapters , we will find that one group , in which George Washington is to be numbered , exhibits : ( a ) a conviction that there is a non - rational factor involved in gov ...
... respect the contrary of the first , though in practice the distinctions blur at the edges . Roughly , however , individuals belonging to the second group : ( a ' ) have a general confidence in the ability of the human mind to comprehend ...
... respect also , existence , time and tradition overcome a paradox of abstract reason . What is the address of the political sovereign of the United States ? Where exactly is he located ? In England we will find the sovereign by entering ...
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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 |