The Madisonian Madison and the Question of Consistency

The Significance and Challenge of Recent Research

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6399196
AutoresAlan Gibson (autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen64
Número2
Páginas311-338
Fecha de publicación2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500038110
OpenAlexW2066229803
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas33

Within the last twenty years, a number of scholars have challenged the prevailing “Hamiltonian” interpretation of the content of James Madison's political thought and the trajectory of his political career. This essay analyzes these contributions, placing them in the context of other interpretations of Madison and suggesting that they merit the most serious attention from political theorists. In general, my hope is to confront political theorists—many of whom hold a radically different interpretation—with this revision and to renew a discussion about the character of Madison's political thought and his place within the American Founding

Character (mathematics · Consistency (knowledge bases · Context (archaeology · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence