Valsania, Maurizio (Author)
University of Virginia Press
Physical Details: x + 204 pp.
Language: English
Although scholars have adequately covered Thomas Jefferson's general ideas about human nature and race, this is the first book to examine what Maurizio Valsania terms Jefferson's "philosophical anthropology"--Philosophical in the sense that he concerned himself not with describing how humans are, culturally or otherwise, but with the kind of human being Jefferson thought he was, wanted to become, and wished for citizens to be for the future of the United States. Valsania's exploration of this philosophical anthropology touches on Jefferson's concepts of nationalism, slavery, gender roles, modernity, affiliation, and community. More than that, Nature's Man shows how Jefferson could advocate equality and yet control and own other human beings.
...MoreReview Steel, Brian (2014) Review of "Nature's Man: Thomas Jefferson's Philosophical Anthropology". Journal of American History (pp. 562-563).
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