The Art of History as Philosophy

The American Founding was, as we began to see in our last essay, revolutionary. It was revolutionary in what it was, in what it did, and in what it created. The actual founding of the United States—that founding “moment” during the 25-year period between 1776 and 1791—was a revolutionary act (i.e., revolutionary in its principles, institutions, and the relationship between them), and the society that issued from it was revolutionary in its various manifestations. Read Full Article »