The American Civil War as a social revolution: the Enlightenment, providential consciousness and changes in moral perception

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The American Civil War as a social revolution: the Enlightenment, providential consciousness and changes in moral perception

Journal Title: English Studies at NBU - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

This article analyses Enlightenment ideas and nation-making practices in the American Civil War and pre-War civil societies. It analyses African American mobilization and the abolitionist movement, and Lincoln’s role in war, reconciliation and development. The international context is investigated in a case for relational nation making. The role of non-violent mobilization is assessed. It examines the war’s social revolutionary implications. The war’s unprecedented violence anticipated 20th century total war, fundamentally deciding the republic’s future. State/civil society interactions, and changes in public moral perception, reshape longstanding institutional arrangements, and decide core ethical issues including the meaning of humanity.

Authors and Affiliations

Tadd Graham Fernée

Keywords

American Civil War Enlightenment slavery mass movements revolution globalization modernization religion

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EP ID EP369554
DOI 10.33919/esnbu.15.1.7
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