Auteur: M. Andrew Holowchak

Though it is not uncommon for historians to have something to say concerning philosophical strands in Jefferson’s thought, that something is usually insubstantialoften misleadingly soor inchoate. Ove …

Radical Claims in Freudian Psychoanalysis: Point/Counterpoint, edited by M. Andrew Holowchak, features pro and con essays on some of the most extreme Freudian claims, including the Freudian unconscio …

Freud: From Individual Psychology to Group Psychology, by M. Andrew Holowchak, explores Freudian psychoanalysis as a full-fledged science, as it relates psychoanalytically to issues of individual psy …

Critical Reasoning & Philosophy has been praised as an innovative and clearly written handbook that teaches new philosophy students how to read, evaluate, and write in a critical manner. Concise, acc …

In a series of essays that examine Thomas Jefferson’s own writings, Holowchak investigates the always profound and often provocative ideas of this founding father. Dutiful Correspondent explores Thom …

Repetition, the Compulsion to Repeat, and the Death Drivea critical examination of Freud’s uses of repetition as they lead to the compulsion to repeat and his infamous death driveis in effect the fir …

A penetrating critical perspective on the question of Thomas Jefferson’s paternity that will make you rethink recent conventional wisdom.It is accepted by most scholars that Jefferson had a lengthy a …

This is the first book to systematize the philosophical content of Thomas Jefferson’s writings. Sifting through Jefferson’s many addresses, messages, and letters, philosopher M. Andrew Holowchak unco …

Thomas Jefferson had a profoundly advanced educational vision that went hand in hand with his political philosophy – each of which served the goal of human flourishing. His republicanism marked a bre …

Thomas Jefferson had a profoundly advanced educational vision that went hand in hand with his political philosophy – each of which served the goal of human flourishing. His republicanism marked a bre …

This volume is the first full-length book that offers a critical investigation into the composition of Jefferson’s Bible. In it, the author looks critically not only at what Jefferson includes, but a …

This volume is the first full-length book that offers a critical investigation into the composition of Jefferson’s Bible. In it, the author looks critically not only at what Jefferson includes, but a …

Much of the scholarship on Thomas Jefferson characterizes him as a consummate immoralist. Yet he had a keen interest in morality and most of his reading–when he was not immersed in politics–was for …

Thomas Jefferson’s writings on morality have largely been ignored. His thoughts on the subject, never developed in any formal work, are said to be unsystematic–a judgment reinforced by his shift fro …

While every biographer has something to say concerning Thomas Jefferson’s cavernous mind-his varied interests and the depth of his understanding of them-there has never been, strange as it might seem …

Thomas Jefferson wrote to his personal physician, Dr. Vine Utley (21 Mar. 1819) that he was wont to read something inspirational "whereupon to ruminate in the intervals of sleep." His aim w …

This book is a companion to the author’s previous volume, Thirty-Six Short Essays on the Probing Mind of Thomas Jefferson. It provides the reader with new short essays on Jefferson thoughts on politi …

Uncover the truth of Jefferson’s widely mistaken religious views.Many have written about Thomas Jefferson’s religious views, especially given his views on freedom of religion. Yet with so much writte …

The sort of assessment Holowchak aims to do in this book is both historical and psychological, so the book is in large measure a psychobiography. Holowchak aims to enter into the mind of Thomas Jeffe …

Psychoanalysis, in Freud’s day and our own, has met with and continues to meet with staunch opposition from critics-from philosophers of science, like Adolf Gruenbaum, and psychoanalysts, like Robert …

Revisionism has been the historical vogue for well over two decades concerning Jeffersonian scholarship. This movement has been an attempt to neutralize the avowed "hagiographical" scholars …

In spite of Thomas Jefferson’s myriad beneficial accomplishments in so many disciplines, he is best known for his political feats-both his successes (the Declaration of Independence, Louisiana Purcha …

Lynchburg, Virginia, is not and has never been a typical Southern city. It grew and thrived not by commitment to agriculture, but manufacture. All the while, it retained its cultural identity as a So …

Stoicism was a key philosophical movement in the Hellenistic period. Today, the stoics are central to the study of Ethics and Ancient Philosophy. In The Stoics: A Guide for the Perplexed, M. Andrew H …

Stoicism was a key philosophical movement in the Hellenistic period. Today, the stoics are central to the study of Ethics and Ancient Philosophy. In The Stoics: A Guide for the Perplexed, M. Andrew H …

This book presents a fresh exploration of happiness through the ideas of the ancient Greek philosophers. It introduces readers to the main currents of Greek ethical thought (Socratic living, Platonis …