Contract, Culture, and Citizenship by Mark E Button

Contract, Culture, and Citizenship by Mark E Button

Explores the concept of the social contract and how it shapes citizenship. Argues that the modern social contract is an account of the ethical and cultural conditions upon which modern citizenship depends.

“Button argues that ‘contract makes citizens,’ rather than vice versaHe provides no less than a reexamination of the major texts in social contract theory—including those of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau—emphasizing the importance within this tradition of a ‘transformative’ and deeply educative project. An excellent book: fresh, original, clearly written and cogently argued, and based on an impressively wide array of sources. This book deserves a wide readership.”

—Stephen Macedo, Princeton University

“In a beautifully written, persuasively argued book, Button offers a new account of the modern liberal tradition of political thought.”

—D. Casson Choice

“Button’s book remains an original and important investigation into the history of civic education in the social contract tradition. Political theorists will find much that is of interest here.”

—Anna Stilz Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Mark Button is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah.

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ISBN 13	9780271033822
ISBN 10	0271033827
Title	Contract, Culture, and Citizenship
Author	Mark E Button
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published	2010-06-15
Number of pages	280
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