Memories of Lincoln and the Splintering of American Political Thought

After the end of the Civil War, Republicans and Democrats who insisted contradictory US citizenship could agree on one thing. That is the rhetorical power of Abraham Lincoln's life. This volume explores the argument about his legacy and its impact on the future of the United States.

Thirty-five years after Lincoln was assassinated, acquaintance of Lincoln fought fame, promoted the goal of the party, helped to support the past difficult difficulties and souls, to bring his memories to the collection of newspapers, biographies, and editorials . And define his legacy. Shawn Parry - Giles and David Kaufer explore how styles, classes and characters affect these memories. They also point out how people use these works to strengthen their beliefs on American citizenship and presidential leadership, particularly focusing on the conflict between republicanism and democracy that still exists And analyzed it. Their research uses rhetoric and corpus research methods to evaluate over 500 memories.

How the memories of Rinshu become an important form of political speech, this book reveals how different schools of American political thought mobilize Lincoln as their standard supporters.

After Lincoln was assassinated, a memorable book, Lincoln Memorial Hall album - Immortelles. There people can write their own ideas. An article written by a famous senior pastor, Pastor John H. Baros, claimed that Lincoln became a Christian in 1863, but did not provide any evidence. When the cloud rose above the Gettyberg massacre, he devoted his heart to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Lincoln thought well. Mr. Lincoln is thinking about life, politics, and morality at home, in the office, on a horse, in a forest, in a carriage. Lincoln scholar William Lee Miller wrote as follows. "Abraham Lincoln is the greatest interpreter in American morality." "Lincoln is a particularly valuable interpreter of American morality, because most speak in eloquent words, then he is the main speaker It gets the idea of ​​America from the founders and gets the necessary reinterpretation and new knowledge.The central position of his dramatic equality - especially the racial quality - is part of the national essence Criticism is applied He can avoid the scourge, scourge, curse which threatens all human moral remarks to extraordinary degree Life and the philosophy of the state - self righteousness, sinful, morally It is proud and desperate, "Lincoln is immersed in the American tradition. "6

A sociologist who studies American cultural memory, Barry Schwarz said that in the 1930s and 1940s, the memory of Abraham Lincoln was indeed sacred and gave the country a moral symbol to stimulate and lead the American life believe. During the Great Depression, he believed Lincoln "as a means to observe the disappointment of the world, it did not make that pain so meaningful." In preparation for the American war Franklin Rosse revealed the threats of Germany and Japan using the words of President Civil War. Americans asked: "What is Lincoln doing?" But Schwartz also discovered that Lincoln's iconic power has lost meaning since the Second World War. Symptoms "He believes that postmodernism and multiculturalism have taken the concept of greatness into concept