The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist

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Jack N. Rakove (Stanford University, California) Colleen A. Sheehan (Villanova University, Pennsylvania)

The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist

Jack N. Rakove (Stanford University, California), Colleen A. Sheehan (Villanova University, Pennsylvania)

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Cambridge University Press
12 March 2020

History of Western philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory; Constitution: government & the state; Constitutional & administrative law

Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy

The eighty-five Federalist essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison as 'Publius' to support the ratification of the Constitution in 1787–88 are regarded as the preeminent American contribution to Western political theory. Recently, there have been major developments in scholarship on the Revolutionary and Founding era as well as increased public interest in constitutional matters that make this a propitious moment to reflect on the contributions and complexity of The Federalist. This volume of specially commissioned essays covers the broad scope of 'Publius' work, including historical, political, philosophical, juridical, and moral dimensions. In so doing, they bring the design and arguments of the text into focus for twenty-first century scholars, students, and citizens and show how these diverse treatments of The Federalist are associated with an array of substantive political and constitutional perspectives in our own time.

Edited by: Jack N. Rakove (Stanford University California), Colleen A. Sheehan (Villanova University, Pennsylvania)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9781107136397
ISBN 10: 1107136393
Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Pages: 602
Publication Date: 12 March 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jack N. Rakove is William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) Law at Stanford University, California. He is the author of seven books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996). Colleen A. Sheehan is Professor of Politics and Director of the Matthew J. Ryan Center at Villanova University. Her publications include James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government (2009) and The Mind of James Madison: The Legacy of Classical Republicanism (Cambridge, 2015).

Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist

'The chapters in the Companion are balanced and carefully reasoned, covering virtually every subject worthy of serious discussion.' Mark R. Killenbeck, The Journal of Interdisciplinary 'The Cambridge Companion to the Federalist shows both the strengths and weaknesses of keeping the focus exclusively on the men in the room and those they read. It does an excellent job of introducing to a wider audience a great shift in thinking about the Constitution and the Federalists ...' Andrew Shankman, Project Muse