| FR-*0806-77 | Research Programs: Residential College Teacher Fellowships, 1976-1981 | Princeton University | Historical and Philosophical Foundations of American Constitutional Democracy | 3/1/1978 - 9/30/1979 | $35,344.00 | Paul | E. | Sigmund | | | | Princeton University | Princeton | NJ | 08540-5228 | USA | 1977 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Residential College Teacher Fellowships, 1976-1981 | Research Programs | 35344 | 0 | 35344 | 0 |
To trace the historical and philosophical influences which contributed to the emergence of American constitutional democracy in the 18th century. Participants will analyze ideas which were incorporated into the mainstream of American political thought from the point of view of the philosophical assumptions about human nature and politics which underlie them. |