1st Edition
Race and the Politics of Fear A History of an American Oligarchic Construct
Introduction
Section 1: Background
Chapter 1. Race as an Oligarchic Construct
Chapter 2. The Construction of Race in Colonial Virginia
Chapter 3. Aristotle, Oligarchy, and the Mixed Regime
Section 2: James Madison
Chapter 4. James Madison, Slavery, and Excess Democracy
Chapter 5. The Constitution and the Oligarchic Mix
Chapter 6. Madison and the Protection of Southern Oligarchy
Section 3: John C. Calhoun
Chapter 7. Calhoun and the Racist Myths
Chapter 8. Calhoun and the Need for Oligarchy
Section 4: Ben Tillman
Chapter 9. Ben Tillman and the Restoration of Southern Oligarchy
Chapter 10. Tillman and the Consolidation of Southern Oligarchy
Section 5: Ronald Reagan
Chapter 11. Ronald Reagan and Old Myths in New Skins
Chapter 12. Reaganomics and Race
Chapter 13. Reagan and the Oligarchic Turn
Conclusion
Biography
J. Noel Hubler is Professor of Philosophy and Politics at Lebanon Valley College and a student of U.S. Political History and Ancient Greek Philosophy. He is the author of Overcoming Uncertainty in Ancient Greek Political Philosophy (2021), a study of the role of opinion in Greek political theory.
