"What does America mean?: "

it is a book by alexander Meiklejohn

Alexander Meiklejohn was a philosopher and college president. his book "What does America mean?" is offered in contrast to the view that america's growth of information and technology can give more and more people satisfaction and inclusion. this, he argues, will never succeed. instead america must live inside of americans regardless of their present circumstances. someone educated in philosophy will notice how Meiklejohn is drawing from the transcendental idealism of immanual kant. he understands that our present infatuation with science and "reality" is dulling our belief in equality and justice and only when we place science and "reality" in a position of subservience to equality and justice can we regain america's gift. he is quite aware that justice and equality are mushy concepts compared to science and "reality" but to learn how the ideals triumph over science and reality is to learn the transcendental idealism that made america.

Meiklejohn is also famous in legal circles for his concept of "Meiklejohnian absolutism" which is an interpretation of the first amendment supported by Justice Stephen G. Breyer
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