Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 93 Fiske, John 1842 1901 Fisk, John Green, Edmund Fisk American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History Reading ease score: 40.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Debra Storr and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History" by John Fiske is a historical account based on a series of lectures delivered in the late 19th century. This work examines the philosophical underpinnings of American political institutions by situating them within the broader context of global political evolution, emphasizing that the government of the United States is a product of continual development rather than an isolated creation. The opening of the text presents Fiske's reflections on the significance of local self-governance in New England, particularly through the institution of the town-meeting. He contrasts this with political structures in Europe and addresses the roots of American democracy in the Puritan settlements. Fiske argues the need for understanding American political history in a relational frame—tracing it back to primordial communal structures from which contemporary forms of democracy emerge. Key themes include the evolution of governance from ancient practices, the importance of political representation, and the implications of these developments on contemporary society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Politics and government United States -- History -- Philosophy JK Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 232102 229634 2024-10-05T03:56:32.812005 2023-10-05T05:01:16.608941 text/html text/html 225677 2020-12-19T15:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 82967 2020-12-19T15:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 185309 2024-10-05T03:56:40.269987 application/epub+zip 187752 2024-10-05T03:56:36.644032 application/epub+zip 147258 2024-10-05T03:56:35.345017 application/epub+zip 452639 2024-10-05T03:56:42.891010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433674 2024-10-05T03:56:39.410023 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185537 2022-09-05T06:59:07.286704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219402 219323 2024-10-05T03:56:32.414044 2023-10-05T05:01:16.295982 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 220716 2020-12-19T15:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 81552 2020-12-19T15:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 220717 2020-12-19T15:41:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81490 2020-12-19T15:41:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21479 2024-10-05T03:56:43.015961 application/rdf+xml 24901 2024-10-05T03:56:35.886159 image/jpeg 4560 2024-10-05T03:56:35.614082 image/jpeg 184925 2024-10-05T03:56:32.832028 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia