Sensibility and the American Revolution
Download or Read eBook Sensibility and the American Revolution PDF written by Sarah Knott and published by Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sarah Knott |
| Publisher | : Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0807859184 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780807859186 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sensibility and the American Revolution by : Sarah Knott
Book excerpt: Sarah Knott offers an original interpretation of the American Revolution as a transformation of self and society. What she calls "the sentimental project" helped a new kind of citizen create a new kind of government. Sensibility was a cultural movement that celebrated the human capacity for sympathy and sensitivity to the world. For individuals, it offered a means of self-transformation. For a nation lacking a monarch, state religion, or standing army, sensibility provided a means of cohesion. Knott paints sensibility as a political project whose fortunes rose and fell with the broader tides of the Revolutionary Atlantic world.
