| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : why Tockqueville? Why individualism? -- Democracy, political science, and human nature -- Liberty, rights, and justice in the new world -- Majority tyranny, administrative despotism, and the triumph of individualism -- Citizenship : democracy vs. self-government? -- Religion : separation, or political institution? -- Democratic statesmanship then and now -- Conclusion : liberty and the recovery of human greatness |
| Summary |
This book explains why Tocqueville saw the central task of modern statesmanship as combating 'individualism, ' a type of civic apathy that he thought capable of robbing modern citizens of human virtue and issuing in a historically unprecedented form of despotism. It looks in depth at the mechanisms he proposed for avoiding the perils and securing the promise of democracy in his own day, and discusses how Tocqueville's insights might be applied in our own time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. De la démocratie en Amérique.
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Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Political and social views
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Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 fast |
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Tocqueville, Alexis de. De la démocratie en Amérique. swd |
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Tocqueville, Alexis de. swd |
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De la démocratie en Amérique (Tocqueville, Alexis de) fast |
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Democracy.
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Individualism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
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Democracy
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Individualism
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Political and social views
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Politics and government
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Demokratie
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Politische Philosophie
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Individualismus
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United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020739867 |
| ISBN |
9780739133767 |
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0739133764 |
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