Democracy in Crisis: John F. Kennedy's Political Thought
A remarkable political figure, John F. Kennedy contributed also to political theory focusing on community, sacrifice, and effective national leadership. Coming of age in the build-up to World War II, Kennedy's early views were framed by the inability of Western democracies to meet totalitarian...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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Journal of interdisciplinary studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 48-62 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
United States
B POLITICAL doctrines B Democracy B Totalitarianism B INAUGURAL addresses of presidents B KENNEDY, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 |
| Summary: | A remarkable political figure, John F. Kennedy contributed also to political theory focusing on community, sacrifice, and effective national leadership. Coming of age in the build-up to World War II, Kennedy's early views were framed by the inability of Western democracies to meet totalitarian challenges. As his political career developed, JFK maintained a stance favorable to strong national leadership as a way of overcoming the individualism and self-centered aspects of modern life. A keen believer in service, community, and sacrifice, his famous "Ask not" moment of his 1961 Inaugural Address was informed by a concern with renewing American democracy. With a weakening of the social contract and increased political dysfunctionality in the twenty-first century, the political thought of the thirty-fifth president still speaks to us with its emphasis on courage, leadership, civil society, and the quest for national unity. |
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| ISSN: | 2766-0508 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of interdisciplinary studies
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