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Calhoun and his Critics

John C. Calhoun's commentary on American politics raised the most important issues of the American experience. Yet, many of the implications of his thought are neglected, and his legacy remains an issue of intense debate. Unlike normal patterns of criticism, in which early critiques are disputed by subsequent revisions based on new research, reassessments of Calhoun as a political thinker have not benefited from subsequent reevaluations. Instead, the original disputes that arose during his lifetime continue among contemporary historians and political theorists, although with greater complexity and without consensus.

While there are many studies of Calhoun's political theory, they tend...