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Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational PurposeTo Protect Against Standing Armies

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose: To Protect... [The chapter is focused on Jefferson’s proposal to Madison that the US Constitution, as it proceeded toward ratification, should include an amendment “to protect against standing armies.” The historical context of anti-standing army ideology is described along with Jefferson’s own criticisms of this “monarchical” institution and tradition. Jefferson’s concerns about the dangers that standing armies would pose to the new nation are enumerated in the larger context of Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address (1961), which similarly outlined the dangers of the so-called military-industrial complex. The moral spirit underlying Jefferson’s amendment proposal is bracketed and theorized as something that might be recovered and deployed as a pedagogical tool to raise awareness of America’s increasingly militarized national identity. The Edward Snowden controversy is interpreted through the lens of Jefferson’s anti-militaristic moral spirit, concluding here that Snowden would qualify as a good citizen despite his “lawless” actions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational PurposeTo Protect Against Standing Armies

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-45762-4
Pages
91 –107
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-45763-1_6
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[The chapter is focused on Jefferson’s proposal to Madison that the US Constitution, as it proceeded toward ratification, should include an amendment “to protect against standing armies.” The historical context of anti-standing army ideology is described along with Jefferson’s own criticisms of this “monarchical” institution and tradition. Jefferson’s concerns about the dangers that standing armies would pose to the new nation are enumerated in the larger context of Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address (1961), which similarly outlined the dangers of the so-called military-industrial complex. The moral spirit underlying Jefferson’s amendment proposal is bracketed and theorized as something that might be recovered and deployed as a pedagogical tool to raise awareness of America’s increasingly militarized national identity. The Edward Snowden controversy is interpreted through the lens of Jefferson’s anti-militaristic moral spirit, concluding here that Snowden would qualify as a good citizen despite his “lawless” actions.]

Published: May 28, 2020

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