Liberty, Equality, Democracy /

Liberty, Equality, Democracy / / ed. by Eduardo Nolla.

This volumes explores the whole range of Alexis Tocqueville's ideas, from his political, literary and sociological theories to his concept of history, his religious beliefs, and his philosophical doctrines. Among the topics considered are: Tocqueville's beliefs about foreign policy as appl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Alulis, Joseph,
Birnbaum, Pierre,
Boesche, Roger,
Brogan, Hugh,
De Sanctis, Francesco,
Dittgen, Herbert,
Gargan, Edward T.,
Lawler, Peter Augustine,
Lefort, Claude,
Negro, Dalmacio,
Nolla, Eduardo,
Schleifer, James T.,
Schlilter, Gisela,
Strout, Cushing,
Zuckert, Catherine H.,
HerausgeberIn:
Nolla, Eduardo,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1992]
©1992
Year of Publication:1992
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • THE ANGEL AND THE BEAST
  • 1 The Human Condition: Tocqueville's Debt to Rousseau and Pascal
  • 2 The Role of Religion in Preserving American Liberty—Tocqueville's Analysis 150 Years Later
  • THE VIRTUES OF FREEDOM
  • 3 The People and the Great: Tocqueville and Machiavelli on the Art of Being Free
  • 4 Virtue and Politics in Tocqueville
  • THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
  • 5 Tocqueville Reconsidered: Foreign Policy and the American Democracy
  • 6 Tocqueville and the Historical Sociology of State
  • THE NEW SOCIETY
  • 7 Tocqueville, a Phenomenology of the Social
  • 8 The Question of Fraternity in Democracy in America
  • 9 Pauperism and Democracy. Alexis de Tocqueville and Nassau Senior
  • THE WRITING OF DEMOCRATIC MAN
  • 10 Tocqueville and American Literary Critics
  • 11 Democratic Literature: Tocqueville's Poetological Reflections and Dreams
  • THE END OF 1789
  • 12 Why Did Tocqueville Think a Successful Revolution Was Impossible?
  • 13 Tocqueville and the Postmodern Refusal of History
  • THE PROBLEM OF THE TWO DEMOCRACIES
  • 14 How Many Democracies!
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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