What keeps a revolution from destroying the very freedoms it was meant to create?
In Rage and the Republic, constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley looks back at the American and French Revolutions to explore why one produced an enduring republic while the other descended into terror. Through the lives and ideas of Thomas Paine, James Madison, and other influential thinkers, Turley examines the tension between revolutionary passion and constitutional restraint.
He argues that the same forces that threatened earlier republics—political rage, economic inequality, factionalism, and unchecked power—are resurfacing in new forms today. From artificial intelligence and economic disruption to polarization and challenges to free speech and individual rights, America faces questions the Founders would recognize.
Can a nation preserve liberty while adapting to enormous change?
Read our Instaread summary of Rage and the Republic to discover Turley’s argument for why America’s constitutional safeguards may matter more than ever.
