Integrity (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen L. Carter
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Political philosophy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics
- Subjects: African Americans, Intellectuals, Philosophy or philosophers, Politics, Marriage, Christianity, Divorce, Ethics
Stephen Carter is rapidly emerging as one of this country’s premier public intellectuals. Applied in the past to such luminaries as Walter Lippmann, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Eric Hoffer, “public intellectual” is an unofficial title earned by one possessing both specialized knowledge and an unmistakable sagacity about the affairs of the republic. A teacher of constitutional law at Yale Law School since 1983, Carter has clearly demonstrated his capacity for technical legal argumentation in law journals. The Confirmation Mess (1994) and The Dissent of the Governed (1996)...
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