Body Politic

This work advances an original thesis that challenges the dominant schools of thought concerning the liberal tradition in the US. 1. Introduction: The Body Politic Part I: Foundings and the Problem of the Past 1. Notes on the States of America: Jeffersonian Democracy and the Production of a National Past 3. Becoming Unnatural: The Federalist's Techniques of Government Part II: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath: The Relocation of the Past 4. Sexual Reconstruction: Gender, Political Friendship, and the New Techniques of Citizenship 5. In the Beginning Was a Crime: Lynching, Rape, and the Tragedy of American Political Thought 6. Postscript, Giving reasons: Rethinking Toleration for a Plural World