Barack Obama puzzles observers. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Obama does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Instead, his writings and speeches reflect a principled aversion to absolutes that derives from s...

If you really want to know what makes Barack Obama tick, you need to understand his education. James T. Kloppenberg explains the rich American intellectual tradition that shapes Obama's beliefs and influences his actions--particularly his aversio...

Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. In Reading Obama , James T. Kloppenberg reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit conte...