Herman Melville`s Ship of State

"Will Morrisey unravels Melville's "loomings" of the great whale, showing them to be important threads of politics and theories of governance ... Melville, like Ishmael, urges a new vision of both God and nature, and challenges the notion of rule in all its expressions." -- back cover.

About the author

Will Morrisey held the William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the United States Constitution at Hillsdale College until his retirement in 2015. A native of Rumson, New Jersey, he served as Executive Director of the Monmouth County Historical Commission before his appointment at Hillsdale College in 2000. His M. A. and Ph.D in political science are from the New School for Social Research. He is the author of eight books, including Self-Government: The American Theme: Presidents of the Founding and Civil War; The Dilemma of Progressivism: How Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson Reshaped the American Regime; and, most recently, Churchill and De Gaulle: The Geopolitics of Liberty. Dr. Morrisey has been an editor of Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy since 1979. His reviews and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Social Science and Modern Society, Law and Liberty, The New Criterion, and many other publications.

Product details

• Authors: Will Morrisey, William Morrisey
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781587313684
• ISBN: 978-1-58731-368-4
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 238 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism