Gods, Judges, and Presidents
Trifunctional Archetypes in American Law and Government
Gods, Judges, and Presidents
Trifunctional Archetypes in American Law and Government
Description
Charles Lincoln interprets the U.S. Constitution through the mythic and psychological lens of Georges Dumézil's trifunctional framework-priest, warrior, and producer-linking it to thinkers like Homer, Plato, Freud, and Montesquieu.
Rather than viewing the federal structure as a mere legal arrangement, the book reveals how judicial, executive, and legislative powers reflect enduring cultural archetypes, offering a fresh perspective on constitutional legitimacy, the separation of powers, and civic identity.
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Table of Contents
A Note on the Text
Preface
Acknowledgments
Principal Characters
Introduction
Chapter 1: The US Constitution's Three Parts: A Legal Analysis
Chapter 2: A Homeric Analysis of the US Constitution: A Poetic Paradigm to Interpret the US Constitution
Chapter 3: The Soul of the Republic: Plato's Tripartite Psychology and the Structure of the US Constitution
Chapter 4: Montesquieu and the French Government (Ancien Régime)
Chapter 5: Polybius-The Constitution of the Roman Republic: A Counter Argument to the “Three Parts” of Government in the US Constitution
Chapter 6: A Freudian Psychoanalytic Etiology of the US Constitution: Another Paradigm to Interpret the US Constitution
Chapter 7: A Dumézilian Trifunctionalist Analysis of the US Constitution
Conclusion
Epilogue
Future Research
Bibliography
Periodicals Consulted
Table of Cases
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | Jul 09 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9798216265559 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 14 tables |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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