The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny
Exploring the Evolution and Future of American DemocracyBy Orestes Augustus Brownson
Length8h 54m
About this audiobook
In "The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny," Orestes Augustus Brownson astutely examines the foundational principles of the United States, intertwining his arguments with insights into the implications of republicanism amid the evolving democratic landscape of the 19th century. Written in a compelling yet accessible style, Brownson critiques both the strengths and weaknesses of American constitutionalism, emphasizing the moral and ethical dimensions essential for the survival of the republic. His work stands as a pivotal text in the American philosophical canon, reflecting the period's ongoing debates about liberty, equality, and the true purpose of government. Orestes Augustus Brownson, a prominent intellectual and social reformer in antebellum America, was deeply influenced by the challenges and triumphs of his time. His diverse experiences as a transcendentalist, socialist, and later a Catholic, enriched his perspectives on national identity and civic responsibility. These multifaceted influences are evident in this book, as Brownson seeks to reconcile his understanding of morality and governance with the political landscape of a rapidly changing America. For readers interested in the evolution of American political thought, Brownson's treatise is indispensable. It not only provides critical insights into the American political system but also poses fundamental questions about the values that underpin it. This book remains a thought-provoking exploration of the tensions between liberty and authority, making it essential reading for anyone engaged in discussions about the future of democracy.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (92)
Includes Goodreads
GenrePolitics and Government
Length8 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
17CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT—CONCLUDED.
2CHAPTER I
18CHAPTER IX.
3INTRODUCTION
19THE UNITED STATES
4CHAPTER II.
20CHAPTER X
5GOVERNMENT.
21CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Show all chaptersShow less
6CHAPTER III.
22CHAPTER XI.
7ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT
23THE CONSTITUTION—CONTINUED.
8CHAPTER IV.
24CHAPTER XII.
9ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT—CONTINUED.
25SECESSION.
10CHAPTER V.
26CHAPTER XIII.
11ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT—CONTINUED.
27RECONSTRUCTION.
12CHAPTER VI.
28CHAPTER XIV.
13ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT—CONCLUDED.
29POLITICAL TENDENCIES.
14CHAPTER VII
30CHAPTER XV.
15CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT.
31DESTINY—POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS.
16CHAPTER VIII.
How to Test Negative for StupidJohn Kennedy8h 13m4.7 (9.7K)$28 · $0.00
Defying JihadEsther Ahmad8h 50m4.7 (4.8K)$20
Black AF HistoryMichael Harriot15h 43m4.7 (14.6K)$33 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
Pardon of Innocencethe Author, Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn (Ret.)6h 23m4.8 (190)$23
KrantikariSanjeev Sanyal11h 44m4.6 (1.3K)$16 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m4.6 (2.6K)$8 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
Legally YoursManasi Chaudhari8h 52m4.7 (223)$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m4.6 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
RiggedMollie Hemingway12h 48m4.6 (4.2K)$23 · $0.00
The Thomas Sowell ReaderThomas Sowell14h 51m4.6 (2.3K)$25
SledgehammerDavid Friedman8h 21m4.7 (589)$26 · $0.00
So You Want to Talk about RaceIjeoma Oluo7h 41m4.6 (146.2K)$17
Citizenship in a Republic (Annotated)Theodore Roosevelt2h 44m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
In Defense of the Second AmendmentLarry Correia6h 50m4.6 (866)$17
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
You may also like
Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 VolumesJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Thomas Carlyle, Plato, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Charles Darwin, Martin Luther, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Lamb, Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Johnson, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, Joseph Addison, John Locke, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Leigh Hunt, Epictetus, Thomas De Quincey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jonathan Swift, Christopher Marlowe, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, William Hazlitt, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Daniel Defoe, Aesop, Richard Henry Dana, John Dryden, Philip Massinger, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, John Ruskin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ernest Renan, Robert Burns, David Garrick, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Webster, Izaak Walton, John Bunyan, James Russell Lowell, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Homer, Edmund Burke, Plutarch, Molière, Aeschylus, Michael Faraday, Sophocles, William Makepeace Thackeray, Benjamin Franklin, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Voltaire, Robert Browning, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Dekker, John Milton, Aristophanes, Blaise Pascal, Virgil, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Simon Newcomb, William Penn, Walter Bigges, Philip Sidney, Herodotus, Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Giuseppe Mazzini, Francis Pretty, George Berkeley, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Alessandro Manzoni, Abraham Cowley, Michel de Montaigne, Ben Jonson, John Woolman, Benvenuto Cellini, Sydney Smith, Jean Froissart, William Henry Harrison, William Harvey, Marcus Aurelius, Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Malory, George Gordon Byron, Thomas à Kempis, Richard Steele, Thomas Browne, Archibald Geikie, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Tacitus, William Roper, Hippocrates, Miguel de Cervantes, Thomas More, Friedrich von Schiller, Philip Nichols, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Pliny the Younger, Edgar Alan Poe, Saint Augustine, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Francis Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson1000h 35m4.4 (2K)$2 · $0.00
ArrowsmithSinclair Lewis20h 43m4.1 (17.6K)$2 · $0.00
NAPOLEONAlexandre Dumas7h 42m3.9 (1.4K)$1 · $0.00
On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of PowerSharad Pawar11h 29m4.1 (744)$12
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin7h 4m4.0 (111.9K)$2.30
The American Language (Annotated)H. L. Mencken18h 39m4.3 (889)$0.99 · $0.00
The American LanguageH. L. Mencken10h 52m4.1 (554)$2 · $0.00
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin, Frank Woodworth Pine7h 5m4.0 (114.4K)$1 · $0.00
British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854J. L. Morison4h 44m$2 · $0.00
The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People: An Historical ReviewJohn George Bourinot3h 39m$2 · $0.00
The Rise of SportFrederic L. Paxson53m$8
Wage Earning and EducationR. R. Lutz4h 25m$1 · $0.00
Benjamin FranklinRobin McKown5h 26m4.6 (12)$2.30
A deep dive into The FauvesNathalia Brodskaïa1h 25m3.7 (32)$13 · $0.00
Democratic JusticeBrad Snyder37h 44m4.4 (217)$30
Jazz 101John F. Szwed8h 1m3.9 (442)$17
Success: A NovelSamuel Hopkins Adams21h 2m$2.30
Aspects of Modern Oxford, by a Mere DonA. D. Godley2h 33m$2 · $0.00
The Growth of a SoulAugust Strindberg4h 52m3.7 (21)$2 · $0.00
MuchaPatrick Bade1h 13m3.9 (228)$15 · $0.00