| Description |
xi, 191 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. What Tocqueville says to liberals and conservatives today / Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop -- 2. National character and national soul / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- 3. Liberty, equality, nobility : Kolnai, Tocqueville, and the moral foundations of democracy / Daniel J. Mahoney -- 4. Tocqueville on pantheism, materialism, and Catholicism / Peter Augustine Lawler -- 5. The modern revolution and the collapse of moral analogy : Tocqueville and Guizot / Ralph C. Hancock -- 6. Alexis de Tocqueville on the incommensurability of America's founding principles / Aristide Tessitore -- 7. Citizenship as a vocation / Patrick J. Deneen -- 8. Compassionate conservatism and biotechnology : some Tocquevillian reflections |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Influence.
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Political science -- United States -- History.
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Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church.
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History.
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| Author |
Lawler, Peter Augustine.
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| LC no. |
2004007054 |
| ISBN |
0739107615 cloth alkaline paper |
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0739107623 paperback alkaline paper |
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