Liberty, Equality, Democracy / edited by Eduardo Nolla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nolla, Eduardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. De la démocratie en Amérique.

Tocqueville, Alexis de.

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859--Congresses.

Equality--Congresses.

Equality.

Liberty--Congresses.

Liberty.

Democracy--Congresses.

Democracy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [1992]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 applied to American democracy; Tocqueville and Machiavelli on the art of being free; Tocqueville and the historical sociology of state; virtue and politics in Tocqueville; Tocqueville's debt to Rousseau and Pascal; Tocqueville's analysis of the role of religion in preserving American democracy; Tocqueville and Am

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; 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

Notes:

"Papers presented at an international conference held at Yale University in April 1990 commemorating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8147-5875-4

OCLC:

782877998