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portada Used, Abused, and Sidelined. Debating the Declaration
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2025
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9x15.2x2.1 cm
ISBN13
9780271099279

Used, Abused, and Sidelined. Debating the Declaration

Mary E. Stuckey (Author) · Pennsylvania State University Press · Paperback

Used, Abused, and Sidelined. Debating the Declaration - Mary E. Stuckey

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Synopsis "Used, Abused, and Sidelined. Debating the Declaration"


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\nSince it was published in 1776, the Declaration of Independence has been used to advocate for social justice and to maintain inequitable social hierarchies; it has served as a model for justifying revolutions in other nations and for the Confederacy’s secession from the US federal government. But as we approach its 250th anniversary, this book asks: Does the Declaration still matter?In this volume, leading scholars explore how this remarkably pliable document has been used for progressive and regressive politics alike and track its impact on independence movements across the globe. The essays begin with the Declaration’s immediate reception and masculine style of prose and then move on to its central role in interpreting civic action between state and federal governments, most notably secession in the Antebellum era, questions of sovereignty between Indigenous nations in the United States, and the United States’ relationship with Latin America. The next section focuses on the ways the Declaration was called upon to urge imperative moral action, especially in terms of human rights, in the US Civil Rights Movement and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and, in contrast, how it was cast aside in the Syrian Revolution. The final section teases out the tension between the needs reflected in the original document and the needs of the contemporary political world. Used, Abused, and Sidelined demonstrates how this foundational document prepares us to tolerate and to resist—and it points to how we might leverage the Declaration to create a different kind of political future.

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