A Tocquevillean Christmas Fable
Rip Van Winkle and the Spirit of ’76
Storytelling offers an underappreciated ground for defending liberty, and Washington Irving's classic story still offers rich lessons.
Elizabeth Amato is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Gardner-Webb University. She is the author of The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime: Political Theory in Literature (Lexington Books, 2018).
|The Pursuit of Happiness, Walker Percy
by Elizabeth Amato|
|Alexis de Tocqueville, Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, Self-Interest
by Elizabeth Amato|
|Anti-Federalist, Federalist, Federalist 49, Herbert Storing, Impartial Examiner, Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving
by Elizabeth Amato|
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