Contents
1. Introduction Allan Bloom
Part One: The Intellectual Foundations of the Founding
2. The Philosophic Understandings of Human Nature Informing the Constitution Thomas L. Pangle
3. The Political Theory of the Constitution David F. Epstein
4. Jefferson's Pulse of Republican Reformation Ralph Lerner
5. The Social Theory of the Founders
6. The Scottish Enlightment and the Liberal Political Tradition Frank D. Balog
Part Two: Challenges to the Intellectual Foundations
7. Rousseau —— The Turning Point Allan Bloom
8.Utilitatianism and the Constitution Joseph Hamburger
9. Idealism Susan Shell
10. Historicism and the Contitution Fred Baumann
11. Capitalism Marc F. Plattner
12. Reflections on Marxism and America W. R. Newell
13. Freud and the American Constitution Joel Schwartz
14. Pragmatism and the U.S. Constituion James H. Nichols, Jr.
15. Existentialism and Democracy Werner J. Dannhauser
16. Social Science and the Constitution Harvey C. Mansfield
17. Neoconstitutionalism? Rawls, Dworkin, and Nozick Clifford Orwin and James R. Stoner, Jr.
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