The Stark Regime and American Democracy

A Political Interpretation of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3566473
AutoresJoseph H Lane (Emory and Henry College, autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume95
Fascículo4
Páginas811-828
Data de publicação2001-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003055400400031
OpenAlexW2944613993
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas15

Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men is a political novel that deserves the serious study of political scientists interested in understanding the formative effects of American democracy. A careful reading of the novel that is informed by the classical approach to the analysis of regimes reveals the close connection between the politics of Willie Stark and the politics of modern American democracy. Furthermore, by viewing Stark's actions through the eyes of Jack Burden, a perceptive narrator who is moving toward self-knowledge, we can gain insight into both why modern democracies encourage the formation of a debilitating nihilism among their citizens and the prospects for countering these effects

Democracy · Interpretation (philosophy · Nihilism · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Reading (process · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Research, Science, and Academia