Flannery O'Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness - Paperback

by Jerome C. Foss (Author)

Flannery O'Connor's fiction continues to haunt American readers, in part because of its uncanny ability to remind us who we are and what we need. This book reveals the extent to which O'Connor was a serious reader of the history of political philosophy and why O'Connor feared that the habit to govern by tenderness would lead to terror.

Author Biography

Jerome C. Foss is associate professor of politics at Saint Vincent College.