TY - GEN T1 - The mind of Thomas Jefferson A1 - Onuf, Peter S. LA - English PP - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press YR - 2007 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn826660115 AB - In The Mind of Thomas Jefferson, one of the foremost historians of Jefferson and his time, Peter S. Onuf, offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging current attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, Onuf argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. In this effort to restore Jefferson to his own world, Onuf reconnects that world to ours, providing a fresh look at the distinction between private and public aspects of his character that Jefferson himself took such pains to cultivate. Breaking through Jefferson's alleged opacity as a person by collapsing the contemporary interpretive frameworks often used to diagnose his psychological and moral states, Onuf raises new questions about what was on Jefferson's mind as he looked toward an uncertain future. Particularly striking is his argument that Jefferson's character as a moralist is nowhere more evident, ironically, than in his engagement with the institution of slavery. At once reinvigorating the tension between past and present and offering a new way to view our connection to one of our nation's founders, The Mind of Thomas Jefferson helps redefine both Jefferson and his time and American nationhood. OP - 281 CN - E332.2 .O59 2007eb SN - 9780813934235 SN - 0813934230 SN - 1283805979 SN - 9781283805971 SN - 0813925789 SN - 9780813925783 SN - 0813926114 SN - 9780813926117 KW - Jefferson, Thomas, : 1743-1826 : Political and social views. KW - Jefferson, Thomas, : 1743-1826 : Philosophy. KW - Jefferson, Thomas, : 1743-1826 : Influence. KW - Jefferson, Thomas, : 1743-1826 : PenseĢe politique et sociale. KW - Jefferson, Thomas, : 1743-1826 : Philosophie. KW - Jefferson, Thomas, : 1743-1826 KW - Jefferson, Thomas : Politik und Gesellschaft. KW - Jefferson, Thomas : Aufsatzsammlung. KW - Jefferson, Thomas. KW - HISTORY : United States : State & Local : General. KW - HISTORY : United States : Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Philosophy KW - Political and social views ER -