A Republic of Men
What role did manhood play in early American Politics? In A Republic of Men, Mark E. Kann argues that the American founders aspired to create a "republic of men" but feared that "disorderly men" threatened its birth, health, and longevity. Kann demonstrates how hegemonic norms of manhood–exemplified...
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2024
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| description | What role did manhood play in early American Politics? In A Republic of Men, Mark E. Kann argues that the American founders aspired to create a "republic of men" but feared that "disorderly men" threatened its birth, health, and longevity. Kann demonstrates how hegemonic norms of manhood–exemplified by "the Family Man," for instance--were deployed as a means of stigmatizing unworthy men, rewarding responsible men with citizenship, and empowering exceptional men with positions of leadership and authority, while excluding women from public life. Kann suggests that the founders committed themselves in theory to the democratic proposition that all men were created free and equal and could not be governed without their own consent, but that they in no way believed that "all men" could be trusted with equal liberty, equal citizenship, or equal authority. The founders developed a "grammar of manhood" to address some difficult questions about public order. Were America's disorderly men qualified for citizenship? Were they likely to recognize manly leaders, consent to their authority, and defer to their wisdom? A Republic of Men compellingly analyzes the ways in which the founders used a rhetoric of manhood to stabilize American politics. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1367952025-07-18T09:47:03Z A Republic of Men Kann, Mark E. Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory What role did manhood play in early American Politics? In A Republic of Men, Mark E. Kann argues that the American founders aspired to create a "republic of men" but feared that "disorderly men" threatened its birth, health, and longevity. Kann demonstrates how hegemonic norms of manhood–exemplified by "the Family Man," for instance--were deployed as a means of stigmatizing unworthy men, rewarding responsible men with citizenship, and empowering exceptional men with positions of leadership and authority, while excluding women from public life. Kann suggests that the founders committed themselves in theory to the democratic proposition that all men were created free and equal and could not be governed without their own consent, but that they in no way believed that "all men" could be trusted with equal liberty, equal citizenship, or equal authority. The founders developed a "grammar of manhood" to address some difficult questions about public order. Were America's disorderly men qualified for citizenship? Were they likely to recognize manly leaders, consent to their authority, and defer to their wisdom? A Republic of Men compellingly analyzes the ways in which the founders used a rhetoric of manhood to stabilize American politics. 2024-05-08T21:15:23Z 2024-05-08T21:15:23Z 2024-04-03T10:09:57Z 1998 book ONIX_20240403_9780814763520_65 OCN: 50745272 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89347 9780814763520 9780814747131 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/136795 eng open access image/jpeg image/png image/png image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89347/1/9780814763520_WEB.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89347/11/9780814763520_EPUB.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89347/11/9780814763520_EPUB.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89347/1/9780814763520_WEB.pdf New York University Press NYU Press 10.18574/nyu/9780814763520.001.0001 10.18574/nyu/9780814763520.001.0001 13ae9bf8-b4bf-47bb-be6d-71e5675ace48 9780814763520 9780814747131 NYU Press New York open access |
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