Dwight G Anderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4408096 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dwight G Anderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dwight G |
| FAMILY NAME | Anderson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSON D G |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Power, Rhetoric, and the State: A Theory of Presidential Legitimacy
Most studies of presidential power assume that legitimacy is derived from the Constitution. This essay argues that presidents can become authors of their own legitimacy, whether understood in normative or behavioral terms. Specifically, the thesis is that presidential assertions of power, cloaked in an antipower rhetoric which formally honors the dominant values of the culture, have created an American state that has served as an extraconstitutio…
Abraham Lincoln: The Man behind the Myths
Journal Article Abraham Lincoln: The Man behind the Myths. By Stephen B. Oates. (New York: Harper and Row, 1984. xiv + 224 pp. Notes, references, and index. $12.95.) Get access Dwight G. Anderson Dwight G. Anderson San Diego State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 4, March 1985, Pages 868–869, https://doi.org/10.2307/1888537 Published: 01 March 1985
In Quest of the Psychohistorical Lincoln
The inner life of Lincoln has been explored intermittently over the years with indifferent success. Mark E. Neely, Jr., in The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia (1982), goes so far as to declare that all psychobiographies of the man to date have been unmitigated disasters. That judgment by a historian is no doubt too harsh for universal acceptance. One finds, for example, that L. Pierce Clark's pioneering effort, Lincoln: a Psycho-Biography, though di…
Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality
Journal Article Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality. By Dwight G. Anderson. (New York: Knopf, 1982. ix + 271 pp. Appendix, notes, and index. $16.95.) Get access Mark E. Neely, Jr. Mark E. Neely, Jr. The Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 1983, Pages 978–979, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901231 Published: 01 Ma…
Abraham Lincoln: The Man behind the Myths
Journal Article Abraham Lincoln: The Man behind the Myths. By Stephen B. Oates. (New York: Harper and Row, 1984. xiv + 224 pp. Notes, references, and index. $12.95.) Get access Dwight G. Anderson Dwight G. Anderson San Diego State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 4, March 1985, Pages 868–869, https://doi.org/10.2307/1888537 Published: 01 March 1985
Power, Rhetoric, and the State: A Theory of Presidential Legitimacy
Most studies of presidential power assume that legitimacy is derived from the Constitution. This essay argues that presidents can become authors of their own legitimacy, whether understood in normative or behavioral terms. Specifically, the thesis is that presidential assertions of power, cloaked in an antipower rhetoric which formally honors the dominant values of the culture, have created an American state that has served as an extraconstitutio…
In Quest of the Psychohistorical Lincoln
The inner life of Lincoln has been explored intermittently over the years with indifferent success. Mark E. Neely, Jr., in The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia (1982), goes so far as to declare that all psychobiographies of the man to date have been unmitigated disasters. That judgment by a historian is no doubt too harsh for universal acceptance. One finds, for example, that L. Pierce Clark's pioneering effort, Lincoln: a Psycho-Biography, though di…
Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality
Journal Article Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality. By Dwight G. Anderson. (New York: Knopf, 1982. ix + 271 pp. Appendix, notes, and index. $16.95.) Get access Mark E. Neely, Jr. Mark E. Neely, Jr. The Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 1983, Pages 978–979, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901231 Published: 01 Ma…
Abraham Lincoln: The Man behind the Myths
Journal Article Abraham Lincoln: The Man behind the Myths. By Stephen B. Oates. (New York: Harper and Row, 1984. xiv + 224 pp. Notes, references, and index. $12.95.) Get access Dwight G. Anderson Dwight G. Anderson San Diego State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 4, March 1985, Pages 868–869, https://doi.org/10.2307/1888537 Published: 01 March 1985
Power, Rhetoric, and the State: A Theory of Presidential Legitimacy
Most studies of presidential power assume that legitimacy is derived from the Constitution. This essay argues that presidents can become authors of their own legitimacy, whether understood in normative or behavioral terms. Specifically, the thesis is that presidential assertions of power, cloaked in an antipower rhetoric which formally honors the dominant values of the culture, have created an American state that has served as an extraconstitutio…
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